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Different Rates

Indicator Current rate

Bank rate 6.25%

CRR 4.00%

SLR(Statutory Liquidity Ratio ) 19.50%

Repo rate 6.00%

Reverse Repo Rate 5.75%

MSF (Marginal Standing Facility) 6.25%

The Reserve Bank of India - 6.7%

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 6.7%

World Bank - 7%

Asian Development Bank (ADB)- 7%

United Nation (UN) - 7.3%

The credit rating agency Fitch Ratings 6.9%

India Ratings and Research - 6.7%

Domestic rating agency CRISIL - 6.7%

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) - 7.1%

Japanese financial holding company Nomura - 7.1%

HSBC - 7.1%

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - 6.7%

APPS, WEBPORTALS AND Digital Banking News

•Artificial intelligence banking platform Payjo launched an AI-powered chat assistant for SBI to addresses

customer enquiries. The chat assistant, known as SBI Intelligent Assistant, or SIA.

•SBI launched 'SBI Realty' - a one-stop integrated website www.sbirealty.in for home buyers.

•PNB & BSNL teamed up to roll out open mobile wallet Speedpay across 10 states in the country. PNB

Speedway wallet will operate like any other mobile wallet for paying bills, recharging phone besides its

users

•Canara Bank unveiled two new digital services for online payments. Bharat QR (Quick Response) is for

payment settlement at merchant locations & BBPS is an integrated bill payment system for net banking

customers.

•Canara Ba k lau hed its first Digital Ba ki g Bra h a ed 'CANDI' i Bengaluru. The branch will

provide an end-to-end digital experience to customers.

•Indian Overseas Bank offered Bharat Bill Payment System, introduced by NPCI, for its customers. BBPS

is an integrated bill payment system that offers inter-operable online bill payments to customers.

• Fino Payments Bank launched its mobile banking app called BPay. Fino aims to make

banking easy for millions of under banked people in India.

• ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund launched a new website 'PlanYourGoal.com' to help

users plan their investments according to their future financial goals.

• Met Loan & Life Suraksha MLLS lau hed y Kar ataka Ba k for its usto ers. This is a single premium plan which covers the loan liability of a customer. The bank also

i trodu ed KBL MLLS app, hi h arks the ele ratio of years of part ership with PNB MetLife.

• Indus OS partnered with YES Bank to launch OS-integrated UPI payment platform in

India.

• Paytm Payments Bank join hands with NPCI for RuPay digital card

• Google Tez – The new payment app for India by Google. It is a mobile wallet app

which is based on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform. This works similar to

the BHIM app.

• DCB Bank launches first iris-based ATM in Telangana - ATM dispense cash without a debit card as the machine verifies the customer from the Aadhaar details like the iris and fingerprint.

• DCB Bank launched first Aadhaar-based ATM in Bengaluru - The ATM accepts Aadhaar number and Aadhaar fingerprint (biometric) instead of ATM / debit card and PIN to dispense cash from the bank account.

• Cou try s first a ki g ro ot - Lakshmi launched by City Union Bank in Chennai

• I dia s first ash gi i g app CASHe lau hed y Tslc Pte Ltd. • First Digital State - Kerala declared first digital state in India.

• First Digital District – Nagpur declared first digital district in India.

• First Digital Village - Akodara village in Sabarkantha distri t of Gujarat e a e I dia s first Digital village. The village was adopted by ICICI Bank under its digital village project 2015.

• First cashless island - Karang, a s all lake isla d i Ma ipur, has e o e the ou try s first cashless island.

• First digital tri al olo y - The Nedumkayam tribal colony at Nilambur in Malappuram lacks basic facilities including toilets. However, the colony has now become a role model to the country by becoming the first 'digital' tribal colony in India.

1. SBI

Mi gle - the social media banking platform for Facebook and Twitter users.

Budd - a mobile wallet app in collaboration with Accenture and MasterCard.

eforex - an internet-based platform that enables m customers to book their foreign exchange transactions online.

MobiCash – A digital wallet in partnership with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)

SBI Quick – With this app customer can get balance or mini statement of account through mobile phone.

Samadhan – A self-service mobile app for every day m banking needs.

2.ICICI

● Mera iMobile - I dia s first o ile a ki g appli atio for rural usto ers. ● iMobile – With the help of this app a customer can perform banking activities.

● Tap n Pay –In collaboration with Tech Mahindra Limited which is based on Near Field Communications (NFC)

technology. This service allows any customer to make over-the-counter payments without using cash.

● M- Pesa – ICICI bank launched this service in collaboration with Vodafone.

● Pocket - ICICI Ba k lau hes I dia's first digital a k app Po kets . ● Money2India - It is an online money transfer tracking service offered to Non-Resident Indians.

● Eazypay - I dia s first o ile app for er ha ts to a ept pay e ts o o ile pho e through ultiple digital modes. ● ICICI BankPay on Twitter

● Smart Vault – Fully automated lockers which is based on robotic technology to access the lockers from the safe vault

conveniently at any time of their preference in total privacy, without any intervention of the branch staff.

● Contactless Credit and Debit Cards

● Software robotics - ICICI a k lau hed I dia s first 'soft are ro oti s' i itiati e. O er soft are ro ots are o performing over 1 million transactions per day for the bank which comprises 10% of its total transactions.

1. SBI

Mi gle - the social media banking platform for Facebook and Twitter users.

Budd - a mobile wallet app in collaboration with Accenture and MasterCard.

eforex - an internet-based platform that enables m customers to book their foreign exchange transactions online.

MobiCash – A digital wallet in partnership with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)

SBI Quick – With this app customer can get balance or mini statement of account through mobile phone.

Samadhan – A self-service mobile app for every day m banking needs.

2.ICICI

● Mera iMobile - I dia s first o ile a ki g appli atio for rural usto ers. ● iMobile – With the help of this app a customer can perform banking activities.

● Tap n Pay –In collaboration with Tech Mahindra Limited which is based on Near Field Communications (NFC)

technology. This service allows any customer to make over-the-counter payments without using cash.

● M- Pesa – ICICI bank launched this service in collaboration with Vodafone.

● Pocket - ICICI Ba k lau hes I dia's first digital a k app Po kets . ● Money2India - It is an online money transfer tracking service offered to Non-Resident Indians.

● Eazypay - I dia s first o ile app for er ha ts to a ept pay e ts o o ile pho e through ultiple digital modes. ● ICICI BankPay on Twitter

● Smart Vault – Fully automated lockers which is based on robotic technology to access the lockers from the safe vault

conveniently at any time of their preference in total privacy, without any intervention of the branch staff.

● Contactless Credit and Debit Cards

● Software robotics - ICICI a k lau hed I dia s first 'soft are ro oti s' i itiati e. O er soft are ro ots are o performing over 1 million transactions per day for the bank which comprises 10% of its total transactions.

3. HDFC

● EVA - HDFC Bank launches chatbot Eva for customer services. Electronic Virtual Assistant (Eva).

● Chillar - It allows customer to send money instantly from their HDFC Bank account to anyone in their phone book or

to a e efi iary usi g their A ou t u er & IFSC ode' or UPI ID . ● PayZapp – With this you can do online payments and money transfer.

4. AXIS

Li e - I dia s first Mo ile App i tegrati g Wallet, Shoppi g, Pay e ts a d Ba ki g

First Multi- Currency Contactless Card service launched by - Axis Bank has launched the first Contactless Debit, Credit

and Multi-Currency Forex Card in association with VISA pay Wave in the country

5. Indian Bank –

● IndPay – A mobile application service that enables its customers to operate bank account from anywhere, anytime.

6. Bank of Baroda –

● M-Connect - It offers you the chance to manage all of your banking operations using your Smartphone in a

convenient, safe and simple manner.

7. Union Bank of India –

● U-Mobile - The mobile banking facility that will help you do banking transactions using your mobile phone.

. Project Ananya S di ate Ba k – Sy di ate Ba k had lau hed the Proje t Ananya hi h pro ide latest digital banking services to its customer.

9. MobiKwik lau hed Bu le Pi as a one-step offline payments mode, which allows users to make payments

without data connection.

4. AXIS

Li e - I dia s first Mo ile App i tegrati g Wallet, Shoppi g, Pay e ts a d Ba ki g

First Multi- Currency Contactless Card service launched by - Axis Bank has launched the first Contactless Debit, Credit

and Multi-Currency Forex Card in association with VISA pay Wave in the country

5. Indian Bank –

● IndPay – A mobile application service that enables its customers to operate bank account from anywhere, anytime.

6. Bank of Baroda –

● M-Connect - It offers you the chance to manage all of your banking operations using your Smartphone in a

convenient, safe and simple manner.

7. Union Bank of India –

● U-Mobile - The mobile banking facility that will help you do banking transactions using your mobile phone.

. Project Ananya S di ate Ba k – Sy di ate Ba k had lau hed the Proje t Ananya hi h pro ide latest digital banking services to its customer.

9. MobiKwik lau hed Bu le Pi as a one-step offline payments mode, which allows users to make payments

without data connection.

10.Yes Bank – PhonePe - It works over the Unified Payments Interface(UPI) platform developed by the National

Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and is powered by YES Bank. PhonePe is a one stop UPI-based app which can

serve all your payment needs, in a safe and secure manner.

YES mPower - Yes Bank partnered with Silicon Valley-based bot platform Gupshup to launch an artificial

intelligence-powered banking chatbot YES mPower that i sta tly gi es i for atio a out loa produ ts. The YES mPower bot is available through Facebook Messenger

11. Federal Bank

S a N Pa - allows customers to instantly transfer money to any of the Federal Bank accounts through android

phones

Lotza is Unified Payment Interface app of Federal Bank.

FedMobile – Customers can access specified banking services including information relating to their Account(s),

transaction details and such other services as may be made available by the Bank from time to time.

FedBook Selfie - I dia s first o ile app for a k account opening.

12. PNB launches –

mBanking - With the help of this app a customer can perform banking activities just like – transfer of funds, bill

payments, can check account balance, etc.

Wave N Pay – Contactless credit cards, enabling its customers to make electronic payments by just waving the cards

near the merchant terminal in lieu of dipping or swiping them.

13. Kotak Mahindra Bank –

811 mobile app - digital banking system on mobile. Note: 811 offers a zero -balance savings account with zero charges

for all digital transactions,

APPS, WEBPORTALs by GOI or State Govt

•Union Home Minister launched Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour (PENCIL) Portal. PENCIL is an

electronic platform that aims at involving Centre, State, District, Governments, civil society & general public in

achieving the target of child labour free society

•Union Govt. launched a portal, e-RaKAM, to provide a platform to sell agricultural produce.

•VP Naidu launched National Sports Talent Search Portal, a govt. initiative to unearth sporting talent from every nook

& corner of country. Under the initiative, a child or his parents, teachers or coaches can upload his bio data or video on

the portal

•Union Minister for Panchayati Raj, Rural Development, Drinking Water & Sanitation- Shri Narendra Singh Tomar

lau hed Mo ile App for Road Mai te a e Aarambh .

•Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences & Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Dr. Harshvardhan

lau hed a app Sagar Vani . Sagar Vani has ee lau hed to disse i ate o ea related i for atio & alerts to the user community in a timely manner for their safety.

•Centre has launched an app – GST Rates Finder to verify the accurate tax rate on commodity & services under the GST

regime. Through this app, user can determine GST rate by entering the name of the commodity or service.

•The MERIT app (Merit Order Despatch of Ele tri it for Reju e atio of I o e & Tra spare & e-bidding portal

was launched for providing e-Bidding solution to States to select Independent Power Producers (IPPs) for

procurement of power by transferring their domestic coal under the scheme of flexibility in utilization domestic coal

APPS, WEBPORTALS AND Digital Banking News

•Women & Child Development ministry launched an online platform to enable women employees of the central

government to file complaints related to sexual harassment at the workplace. The ministry directed to make the 'SHe-

box'(sexual harassment electronic box) as "interactive" as possible.

•President launched four digital initiatives over e-education. Digital initiatives launched are Swayam, Swayam Prabha,

National Academic Depository & National Digital Library in New Delhi to push e-education in the country.

•Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan launched G-Ride app. The app automatically matches co-workers & neighbours & help

them travel together to work

•NHAI launched two mobile Apps – MyFASTag & FASTag Partner in New Delhi, to facilitate the availability of FASTags for

Electronic Toll Collection.

•Chairman of NHAI Deepak Kumar launched a world-class, new multilingual website of the organization. He also

launched a Project Monitoring Information System (PMIS) Moblie App that will facilitate close, in-house monitoring of

NHAI projects

•FM Jaitley launched 'Aaykar Setu', an e-initiative for the Income tax Department to directly communicate with the

taxpayers & aimed at providing information on useful tax services.

APPS, WEBPORTALS AND Digital Banking News

•CM Fadnavis lau hed MahaLabharthi e portal that ill help people get i for atio a out all the go er e t schemes that they are eligible for. The web portal, https://www.mahalabharthi.in, works on the basis of personal,

educational & professional information provided by person while registering it.

•RBI opened a branch in the Dehradun city to make transactions of the Uttarakhand State government.

• As per RBI Data, I dia s foreig -exchange reserves rose past $400 billion for the first time ever.

• As per Finance Ministry, RBI will introduce 100 rupees coin to mark the birth centenary (100th

anniversary) of AIADMK founder Late Dr. M G Ramachandran.

•RBI notified that peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms need to be regulated & treated on par with non-

banking financial companies (NBFCs). Few important P2P lending platforms in India are LenDen Club,

Faircent, Qbera, Lendbox, Rupaiya Exchange & Monexo.

• RBI announced that Masala bonds will be treated as External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) from 3rd

October 2017.

• RBI set up Supervisory Colleges for six Scheduled Commercial Banks which have sizeable international

presence: - SBI, ICICI Bank Ltd., BOI, BOB, Axis Bank Ltd. & PNB. The objectives are to enhance

information exchange & cooperation among supervisors, to improve understanding of the risk profile of

the banking group & thereby facilitate more effective supervision of internationally active banks.

• RBI allowed systematically important NBFCs to sell & market the new pension scheme (NPS).

•SBI launched FTSE SBI Bond Index series in partnership with global index provider FTSE 100, which will

give tools to investors from India, the UK & globally to analyse I dia s go er e t o d arket, & dri e growth in this market.

• SBI is I dia s ost trusted & ost popular a k according to a survey conducted by Brand Finance,

London.

• SBI lowered Minimum Average Monthly Balance (MAB) requirement in savings account to Rs 3,000

from Rs 5,000.

• SBI launched a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiative, SBI Gram Seva, which will work in the

areas of health, education, environment & rural infrastructure.

• SBI, accounts for over 27% of the total amount owed to public sector banks by willful defaulters. As

many as 1762 willful defaulters owed SBI Rs. 25,104 crores. PNB is next on the list with 1,120 willful

defaulters.

• SBI, Carlyle Group & GE announced definitive agreements, whereby SBI & Carlyle Group will acquire

GE Capital's entire stake in SBI Card, the second-largest credit card franchise in India.

• SBI waived charges for fund transfer of up to Rs 1,000 through its IMPS to promote small transactions.

Nepal SBI Bank, a subsidiary of SBI, launched its fully automatic digital banking services in Kathmandu.

•Vijaya Bank entered into an MoU with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) for enabling all

•HPCL retail outlets with BHIM/UPI merchant solutions.

•PNB customers now will have to pay charges for depositing cash above Rs. 5,000 in a non-base branch

even if it is located in the same city.

• Vijaya Bank bagged the first prize under the Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar (Region C) for the year 2016-17.

• IDBI Ba k lau hed Proje t Nishchay i part ership ith Bosto Co sulti g Group BCG to

accelerate its turnaround program & improve financial performance.

• Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance Company (CHOICE) o e up ith a Poi t-of-

Sale produ t targeted at the ass-market segment. The product- PoS - Easy Bima Pla is the first PoS

product for the company & is a pure term insurance plan.

• Corporation Bank bagged the best performance awards for SHG-bank linkage program for Karnataka

for 2015-16 & 2016-17 from NABARD.

SBI introduced a 2-tier saving bank interest rate. Balances above Rs. 10 million to continue to earn

interest at 4%, while interest rate of 3.5% to be offered on balances of Rs. 10 million & below.

• Airtel Payments Bank announced a strategic partnership with HPCL to give further boost to digital

payments in the country & to add to customer convenience.

• Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd has been given scheduled bank status by RBI.

•ICICI Bank committed financial assistance of Rs. 10 crore to the Indian Armed Forces.

• NTPC signed a term loan agreement for Rs. 3,000 crores with ICICI Bank for partially funding its capital

expenditure. The loan has a door-to-door tenure of 15 years.

• ICICI Bank will be selling personal loans of up to Rs 15 lakh through its ATMs that can be availed of by

select salaried customers even if they haven't previously applied for one.

• ICICI Bank joint venture agreement with Canada-based investment firm Fairfax Financial Holdings is

terminated.

•HDFC Bank topped the list of ou tr s top 5 ra ds according to a report released by WPP Plc &

Kantar Millward Brown. The bank retained the top slot. Airtel is at 2nd spot & State Bank of India is at

3rd.

• RBI included HDFC Bank in the list of 'too big to fail' lenders, referred to as D-SIB or domestic

systemically important bank. India's largest lender SBI & private sector major ICICI Bank were classified

as D-SIBs in 2015.

•Karnataka Bank bagged the est a k a ard a o g s all a ks for the use of te h olog for

financial inclusion at the 13th IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards 2016-17.

• IndusInd Bank & India's second largest Microfinance company Bharat Financial Inclusion signed a

confidentiality agreement for the proposed merger between them.

• IDFC Ba k part ered ith digital pa e ts o pa Zeta, to lau h IDFC Ba k Be efits . It is a payment

solution for corporates that digitizes employee spends & claims, making the process simple, real-time &

paperless.

•Solar energy services company Freyr Energy tied up with Axis Bank to offer term loans ranging from Rs 5

lakh to Rs 50 lakh for tenures up to five years.

•Axis Bank announced the acquisition of Snapdeal-owned mobile payments provider Freecharge in an all-

cash deal worth Rs. 385 crores.

•Axis Bank entered into a collaboration with Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) to facilitate

trade with Latin America & the Caribbean. Axis Bank becomes the first Indian bank to participate in the

Trade Finance Facilitation Programme as a confirming bank.

•South Indian Bank tied up with PFG Forex for remittance facility for the benefit of Indian expatriates from

Australia.

•Yes Ba k alo g ith YES Glo al I stitute has lau hed YES GST progra for MSMEs under its MSME CSR

initiative. Through the program, the bank will help MSMEs to understand the impact of the changes in tax

system & prepare them to know the new GST tax system.

• Yes Bank received $150 million funding from the US govt. & Wells Fargo to increase lending to support women

entrepreneurs & small & medium-sized enterprises in India.

•NABARD bought an additional 7% stake in SIDBI for Rs 900 crore from public sector lender IDBI Bank Ltd. Its total

shareholding in Sidbi to 10%.

•Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India registered National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL) as an

• Information Utility (IU) under the IBBI (Information Utilities) Regulations, 2017.

•MobiKwik entered into a strategic partnership with Bajaj Finance to transform itself into a financial services app from a

payments app at present.

• NABARD conferred the est perfor a e a ard for 5-16 & 2016-17 to Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank (KVGB) for its

work in the field of credit-linking joint liability groups (JLGs).

•NABARD sanctioned a loan assistance of Rs 1,349.55 crore to Rajasthan govt. for the creation of rural infrastructure in the

state under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF).

•On 11th July 2017, Union FM Jaitley inaugurated the 36th NABARD Foundation Day & Silver Jubilee of SHG Bank Linkage

Programme, in New Delhi. Self Help Group Bank Linkage Programme (SHG BLP) is a pioneering initiative of Financial

Inclusion by NABARD.

•Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank & Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank recorded net profit of more than Rs 150 crore during

2016-17.

• SBI Life Insurance received approval from SEBI for an IPO of up to Rs 8,400 crore ($1.3 billion).

•ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company got SEBI's go-ahead for its estimated Rs 6,000 crores IPO.

•Exide Life Insurance announced a partnership with Punjab & Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC Bank)

to offer its protection & savings products to the latter s usto ers.

•DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance Company signed on Kerala-based Dhanlaxmi Bank as its bancassurance

partner.

•IRDAI launched a Ce tral Data ase of all I sura e Sales Perso s i the ou tr . Na ed as `E o , the

database will ensure that all licensed insurance sales persons working for insurers & intermediaries do not

work with multiple insurers & intermediaries in the same business category.

•Union Bank of India entered into a corporate agency agreement with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance &

Cholamandalam MS General Insurance for distribution of their insurance products.

• Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance entered into an alliance with the Kerala-based

Dhanlaxmi Bank for marketing various life insurance products. The Bank will be a corporate agent for 3

years.

Five banks of the BRICS Bank Cooperation Mechanism agreed to establish credit lines in national

currencies & cooperate on credit ratings. Brazilian Development Bank, Vnesheconombank, EXIM, China

Development Bank & Development Bank of South Africa signed.

DBS Bank India, part of Singapore-based financial services group DBS Group Holdings, received in-

principle approval from RBI to convert its existing India franchise to locally incorporated wholly-owned

subsidiary (WOS).

US central bank fined global banking giant HSBC $175 million for failing to oversee foreign exchange

traders who misused confidential client information & colluded with traders at competing banks.

Standard Chartered Bank launched a Multi-currency Forex Card for overseas travelers.

China-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced its approval to a $329 million loan

to build access roads across 4,000 villages in Gujarat.

RAILWAYS NEWS

• An integrated mobile application SAARTHI was launched by Indian Railways which will cater to various passenger requirements, including ticket booking, inquiry, on-board cleaning & ordering meal on a single platform. SAARTHI is Synergised Advanced Application Rail Travel Help & Information.

• Minister of Railways launched Initiatives named RailCloud, NIVARAN & Cashless treatment Scheme in Emergency (CTSE).

• DMRC de lared as the orld s first gree etro after it added a gree ertifi atio for all its ajor uildi gs & i stallations

• Indian Railways achieves major landmark in the field of Eco friendly fuel technologies at Indian Railways Organization for Alter ate Fuel IROAF has ee a arded the o eted Natio al le el Golde Pea o k A ard for the Year for E o-I o atio for su stitutio of fossil fuels Diesel y e iro e t frie dly CNG i DEMU passe ger trai ser i es.

• Chairman, Railway Board Ashwani Lohani

• Chairman of the Railway Board resigned Ashok Mittal

• Minister of Railways launched Initiatives named RailCloud, NIVARAN & Cashless treatment Scheme in Emergency (CTSE).

• Piyush Goyal appointed as the Union Railway Minister. He replaced former Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.

I dia s Ra k i differe t I de es 1. Global Financial Centres Index 2017 – I dia s fi a ial apital Mu ai as ra ked at th positio a o g fi a ial centres. The repost is published by the Z/Yen and China Development Institute.

● London has topped the index

2. Global Hunger Index 2017: India ranked at 100th positions among 119 countries. The report is published by

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

3. Global Retail Development Index 2017 – India ranked at the top position among 30 countries

4.World Human Development Index 2017 – India ranked at 131st positions among 188 countries● Top three countries

are - Norway, Australia and Switzerland.

5. Global Connectivity Index 2017 – India ranked at 43rd positions among 50 countries. Top three countries are – US,

Singapore and Sweden.

6. Word Press Freedom Index 2017 – India ranked at 136th positions among 180 countries.

7. Ease of Doing Business 2017 – India ranked at 130th positions among 190 countries.

● Top three countries are – New Zealand, Singapore & Denmark.

8. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index 2017 – India ranked at 8th positions among 25 countries.

Top three countries are -US, Germany & China.

● 9. Global Competitiveness Index 2017 – India ranked at 40th positions among 137 countries. The report is published

by World Economic Forum (WEF).

Top three countries are – Switzerland, US & Singapore.

10. Global Human Capital index 2017 – India ranked at 103rd positions among 130 countries. The report is published by

the World Economic Forum.

Top three countries are – Norway, Finland & Switzerland.

11. Global Innovation Index 2017 - India ranked at 60th positions among 130 countries. The report is published by

Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Top three countries are – Switzerland, Switzerland & the Netherlands.

12. Global Peace Index 2017 - India ranked at 137th positions among 163 countries. ● Top three countries are – Iceland,

New Zealand & Portugal.

13. World Happiness Index 2017 - India ranked at 122nd positions among 155 countries. The report is published by

United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

● Top three countries are – Norway, Denmark & Iceland.

● 14. Global Resilience Index 2017 - India ranked at 60th positions among 130 countries. The report is published by FM

Global.

● Top three countries are – Switzerland, Luxembourg & United Kingdom.

15. Economic Freedom Index 2017 – India ranked at 143rd positions among 186 countries. The report is published by

The Heritage Fou datio . ● Top three countries are – Hong Kong, Singapore & New Zealand.

● 16. International Intellectual Property Index 2017 – India ranked at 43rd positions among 45 countries. The report is

pu lished y US Cha er of Co er e s Glo al I telle tual Property Ce tre GIPC . Top three countries are – United States, United Kingdom & Germany

17. Sustainable Development Goal Index 2017 - India ranked at 116th positions among 157 countries.

● Top three countries are – Sweden, Denmark & Finland.

18. Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2017– India ranked at 79th positions among 176 countries. T

● Top 3 countries - New Zealand and Denmark in joint first place followed by Finland and Sweden.

● Counties bottom of the index: Somalia was ranked the most corrupt country.

19. Global Index of Talent Competitiveness 2017 – India ranked at 92th positions among 118 countries. ● Top three

countries are – Switzerland, Singapore, United Kingdom

20. Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) 2017 - India ranked at 40th positions among 130 countries. The

report is published by the World Economic Forum.

Top three countries are – Spain, France & Germany.

Committees

• Committee for accelerating growth of Digital Payments in India is headed by Ratan P. Watal.

• Committee to study financial technology and digital banking issues in India is headed by - Sudarshan Sen

• Distri t De elop e t Coordi atio a d Mo itori g Co ittee DDCMC to e a ed Disha for effe ti e de elop e t coordination of almost all the programmes of Central Government Former Secretary-General of UN has been elected as Chair of Ethics Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) -- Ban Ki-moon.

• The Union government has constituted a GST Committee on Exports headed by -- Dr Hasmukh Adhia.

• SEBI has constituted a committee on fair market conduct, which will be headed by former Lok Sabha secretary and law secretary T K Viswanathan.

• The union govt. has been constituted under the Chairmanship of former apex court judge to identify key data protection issues in India -- Justice BN Srikrishna.

• The Maharashtra government has constituted committee on safety measures for women in IT sector -- Rashmi Shukla committee.

• The first Indian state to set up family welfare district committees to examine the complaints of women against their husbands and in-laws and find an amicable solution -- Tripura.

• The state govt. has constituted a Screening Committee on anti-profiteering -- Haryana.

•PM Modi launched - Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana Saubhagya to pro ide ele tri ity o e tio s to o er crore families in rural & urban areas by December 2018. India will achieve the target of power for all by December 2018,

while all villages will be electrified by the end of 2017.

•The total outlay for Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana is pegged at Rs 16,320 crore

•Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Pradhan launched Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat at Mota Ishanpur

village in Gandhinagar district of Gujarat.

•GOI decided to launch a new sub-s he e a ed Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana AGEY as part of the Deendayal

Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM).

•Self-Help Groups under DAY-NRLM will operate road transport service in backward areas. This will help to provide safe,

affordable & community monitored rural transport services to connect remote villages with key services & amenities.

•Punjab govt. announced launch of its flagship 'Apni Gaddi Apna Rozgar' scheme by flagging off over 100 uber MOTO

bikes. Under the scheme, the state govt. will be providing commercial two wheelers & four wheelers to unemployed

youth at subsidized rates.

•CM Fadnavis lau hed MahaLabharthi e portal that ill help people get i for atio a out all the go er e t schemes that they are eligible for. The web portal, https://www.mahalabharthi.in, works on the basis of personal,

educational & professional information provided by person while registering it.

•Karnataka govt. merge the existing 7 health schemes to launch a unified health scheme- Arogya Bhagya .

•To identify & nurture innovative start-ups, Kar ataka go er e t lau hed the Ele ate s he e ith the aim to identify 100 most innovative start-ups in the state to elevate them to the next level of success.

•President Kovind launched 100 crore rupees Mata Amritanandamayi Math Project "Jeevamritham "to provide the

filtration system for cleaning drinking water to 5000 villages across India, in Kollam district in Kerala.

•Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), GOI launched UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable Lighting for All) Scheme in

Melaka, Malaysia. Under this, each household will get 10 high-quality 9-watt LED bulbs.

•Dr. Harshvardhan lau hed Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana

•To take forward the initiative of PM Modi for a New India movement from 2017-2022, Sankalp Se Siddhi (Attainment

through Resolve) Program organized at Coimbatore.

•U io Mi ister for HRD lau hed the Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat Programme in Kochi, Kerala.

•NITI Aayog launched the 'Mentor India Campaign'. It is a strategic nation building initiative to engage leaders who can

guide & mentor students at more than 900 Atal Tinkering Labs

•CCEA approved the renaming of the new Central Sector Scheme- SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing &

Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) as "Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)" for the period of 2016-20

coterminous with the 14th Finance Commission cycle.

•Union Home Minister inaugurated the YUVA – a skill development program. It is an initiative by Delhi Police under

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana.

•FM Jaitley launched Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY), a pension scheme exclusively for senior citizens with

8% fixed rate of interest on their savings.

•Jigyasa, a student- scientist connect program was launched in New Delhi.

•Odisha Go t. lau hed Sampurna (Sishu Abond Matru Mrityuhara Purna Nirakaran Abhijan) Yojna s he e for preg a t women.

•Passengers can now access the Delhi Police's women safety mobile application 'Himmat' via cab aggregator Uber's

application while travelling in taxis.

•CM Naveen Patnaik launched 'She Means Business' program of Facebook for women entrepreneurs in Odisha.

•Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis launched Namo Yuva Rojgar Kendra an initiative providing job opportunities to

unemployed youth in Mumbai.

•Maharashtra govt. approved a revised policy of 'Majhi Kanya Bhagyashree' scheme, according to which families have a

yearly income of up to Rs 7.5 lakh will be benefited.

Space News • ISRO will set up a research centre in Guwahat.

• Russian and US space agencies, Roscosmos and NASA, have agreed to jointly build a "deep

space gateway", the first-ever astronaut-tended space station around the Moon.

• ISRO failed to successfully place IRNSS-1H, India's first satellite built in collaboration with the

private sector, in orbit.

• ISRO is all set to launch PSLV-C39 carrying Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS-

1H). The satellite IRNSS- H is a part of the i dige ous a igatio syste alled NavIC, . • NASA launched the latest in a series of satellites aimed at ensuring astronauts at the

International Space Station can communicate with Earth. The $408 million Boeing-made

Tracking & Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-M) soared into space atop an Atlas V rocket that launched

from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

• For the first time, a team of Indian scientists has claimed to have discovered an "extremely large

supercluster of galaxies", Saraswati, in the universe.

• The super-heavy Intelsat 35e which is a commercial communications satellite delivered by

Spa eX s Falcon 9 rocket, to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). This was launched from

Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, US. Intelsat 35e communications satellite is the heaviest

payload SpaceX ever launched.

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Space News

• Russia's Soyuz rocket deployed 73 satellites into three different orbits. It was lifted off from

Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Kanopus-V-IK, a Russian satellite was among 73 satellites

which was launched.

• Iran successfully launched its most advanced satellite- arryi g ro ket alled Simorgh i to space. The launch took place at the Imam Khomeini National Space Station in Semnan. The

rocket is capable of carrying a satellite weighing 250 kilogramsz.

•12th G20 Summit 2017 held in Hamburg, Germany.

Theme of summit was 'shaping an interconnected world'.

13th G20 summit will be hosted by Argentina in 2018.

•The meeting of the Heads of State Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was held in

Astana.

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Chaired) Nursultan Nazarbayev chaired the Meeting.

During the meet, India & Pakistan became full members of SCO. Beijing, China is the HQ of SCO.

The next meeting will be held in 2018 in China.

•9th BRICS Summit was held in Xiamen, China.

The Summit had five participating countries namely Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa.

The the e as BRICS: Stro ger Part ership for a Brighter Future . Four documents, including on economic & trade cooperation, were signed by the BRICS countries

today with an aim to deepen commercial ties among the grouping's members.

China Announced $80 Million (apprx.) Funding Plan for BRICS: China will give 500 million yuan

($76.4 million) for a BRICS economic & technology cooperation plan, & another $4 million for projects

at the BRICS countries' NDB stated Chinese President Xi Jinping.

•3rd International Conference on Yoga 2017 – New Delhi, India.

•Theme of the conference is – Yoga for Well ess . •5th Global Conference on Cyber Space 2017 – New Delhi, India.

•India – ASEAN Youth Summit 2017 – Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Theme of the summit - Shared Values, Co o Desti

•First ASEAN – India Music Festival held in New Delhi, India.

Note: Theme – Shared Values, Co o Desti •14th India - European Union (EU) 2017 Summit – New Delhi, India.

•8th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2017 - Hyderabad, India.

Theme of the Summit – Wo e First, Prosperit for All . •3rd India International Science Festival (IISF) 2017 – Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

•India Mobile Congress 2017 - New Delhi

•19th UN Climate Change Summit 2017- Bonn, Germany.

•ASEAN (30th & 31st) 2017 Summit – Manila, Philippines

•29th APEC 2017 Summit – Danang, Vietnam

•4th BIMSTEC 2017 Summit – Kathmandu, Nepal

•43rd G-7 Summit 2017 - Sicily, Italy.

Theme of the summit - Buildi g the fou datio s of re e ed trust •NATO Summit 2017 – Brussels, Belgium

•3rd World Conference on Environment 2017 – New Delhi, India

Book And Author

The Coalitio Years authored y – Pranab Mukherjee (Former President of India)

I Do What I Do authored y – Raghuram Rajan (former RBI Governor)

I ortal I dia authored y – Amish Tripathi.

A Horse Walks i to a Bar authored y - David Grossman (Winner - Man Booker International Prize

2017)

Ho I dia Sees the World – Shyam Saran.

Hit Refresh – Satya Nadella.

U stoppa le: My Life So far authored y – Maria Sharapova.

The Shershah of Kargil authored y - Deepak Surana (Biography of Kargil war hero – Late Captain

Vikram Batra)

Kadve Vachan authored y – Tarun Sagar Maharaj.

I a HIV positi e, so hat? authored y – Jayanta Kalita (The book is based on the life of an

international bodybuilding champion Khundrakpam Pradipkumar Singh hailing from Manipur, who

was diagnosed HIV-positive.) .

Cryptocurrency for Begi ers authored y – Amit Bhardwaj.

Maki g of a lege d authored y – Bindeshawr Pathak.

Dalhousie Through My Eyes authored y – Kiran Chadha.

Playi g With Fire authored y – Katie Price.

Future of I dia U i ersities: Co parati e a d I ter atio al Perspe ti es authored y – C. Raj

Kumar.

The Mi istry of Ut ost Happi ess authored y – Arundhati Roy.

The Crisis Withi authored y – Ganesh Devy.

Indira Gandhi – A life i Nature authored y – Jairam Ramesh.

Beren And Luthien authored y – J.R.R. Tolkien.

Yug Purush, Bharat Ratna, Atal Ji authored y – Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank . Matoshree authored y - Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan

New Appointments International

• Indian American has been chosen for the 2017 NASA Astronaut Candidate Class--Lt Col Raja Grinder Chari.

• The first Sikh to e ele ted to the British Parlia e t s House of Co o s -- Preet Kaur Gill.

• The newly appointed Indian Ambassador to European Union (EU) -- Gaitri Issar Kumar.

• Indian-origin has become the youngest Prime Minister of Ireland -- Leo Varadkar

• The new crown prince of Saudi Arabia by King Salman -- Mohammed bin Salman

• The new Deputy Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) board-- Imran Khawaja.

• New Prime Minister in Romania -- Mihai Tudose.

• The President of the International Economic Association (IEA) for three years -- Kaushik Basu

• The first female Prime Minister of Serbia -- Ana Brnabic

• Newly elected President of Mongolia-- Khaltmaagiin Battulga.

• The new Prime Minister of Mongolia -- Ukhnaa Khurelsukh.

• 7th President of Iran -- Hassan Rouhani.

• Indian-origi perso ality appoi ted as the UNICEF s Glo al Good ill A assador -- Lilly Singh.

• I dia s alter ate Go er or o the Board of Go er ors of the Asia De elop e t Ba k ADB -- Subhash Chandra Garg.

• The new Ambassador of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan -- Prabhat Kumar.

• Newly elected Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea -- Peter O Neill.

• Who has been re-elected as President of Kenya -- Uhuru Kenyatta.

• Pakista s High Co issio er to I dia -- Sohail Mahmood

• President of Singapore -- Mdm Halimah Yacob.

• Former Secretary-General of UN has been elected as Chair of Ethics Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) -- Ban Ki-moon.

• The Pri e Mi ister has gi e resig atio to the Preside t Gudni Th. Johannesson -- Iceland.

• Ne Preside t of Souther Afri a ou try A gola -- Joao Lourenco.

• The deputy Director-General (DG) of World Health Organization (WHO) -- Soumya Swaminathan

New Appointments National

• The new MD & CEO of National Stock Exchange(NSE) -- Vikram Limaye.

• The new chairperson of the premier Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) --Veteran actor Anupam Kher.

• The new Independent Directors of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) for a period of 3 years -- K G Karmakar and Gauri Shankar

• New MD of Manappuram Home Finance -- Jeevandas Narayan.

• New Managing Director(MD) and CEO of IDFC Ltd for 3 years -- Sunil Kakar.

• New Chairperson on the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Fashion Technology(NIFT) -- Shri Rajesh V. Shah.

• I dia s th Preside t repla i g Pranab Mukherjee -- Ram Nath Kovind.

Note: He as ad i istered the oath of offi e y Chief Justi e of I dia JS Khehar at a spe ial fu tio in the central hall of Parliament. Kovind was elected as the President on 20 July 2017 after he defeated the Opposition parties' nominee Meira Kumar.

• The new Chief Election Commissioner of India -- Achal Kumar Jyoti

• The Attorney General of India --K K Venugopal

• The new Director General (DG)of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (GSTI)-- John Joseph.

• The new Chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) -- Vikramajit Sen.

• The new MD & CEO of Oriental Bank of Commerce -- Mukesh Kumar Jain.

• Who has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Nagaland -- TR Zeliang.

• Offer letter to the Rio Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu as a Group-I officer in the state -- Andhra

Pradesh.

• The new Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar-- Sushil Kumar Modi

• Who re-appointed as Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Axis Bank for three-year

from June 2018-- Shikha Sharma

• Vice chairman of NITI Aayog resigned -- Arvind Panagariya.

• Noted economist will be the new Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog -- Dr. Rajiv Kumar

• New chairman of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) -- Dhirendra Swarup

• New CMD of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) -- Mohammad Mustafa

• The new Chief Justice of India (CJI) -- Justice Dipak Misra.

• Vice President of India -- Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu.

• Note: Naidu was elected as the Vice President by defeating opposition candidate Gopal Krishna Gandhi

(Mahatma Gandhi's grandson). The Vice-President of India is elected by an electoral college consisting of

Elected and nominated members of both house (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) of Parliament.

• The Executive Director of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) -- Mamta Suri.

• The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rajya Sabha TV -- Shashi Shekhar Vempati

• Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Air India -- Rajiv Bansal.

• The director general (DG) of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) -- Rajni Kant Misra

• The Director General (DG) of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) -- Y.C Modi

• The chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of the United India Insurance Co. Ltd. for five years--M.

Nagaraja Sarma.

• Unanimously elected as the Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI) -- Viveck Goenka

• Non-official director/non-executive chairman of Syndicate Bank -- Mr. Ajay Vipin Nanavati.

• Union cabinet reshuffle, who has become the new Defence Minister of India -- Nirmala Sitharaman.

• The new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India -- Rajiv Mehrishi.

• The Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) -- Anita Karwal.

• Managing Director (MD)and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vijaya Bank -- R A Sankara Narayanan

• The union govt. has appointed interim GSTN Chairman -- A.B Panday

• The chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)

Ltd. for five years -- Mahendra Pratap Mall.

• The Union government has constituted a GST Committee on Exports headed by -- Dr Hasmukh Adhia.

• NPCI s Natio al Pay e ts Corporatio of I dia i teri Chair a -- B Sambamurthy

• The chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Ltd.--

Balraj Joshi

• The Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) -- Shashi Shanker

• The new Governor of Bihar -- Satya Pal Malik.

• Assam Governor Banwarilal Purohit will now be the new Governor -- Tamil Nadu.

• The new Governor of Assam -- Prof Jagdish Mukhi.

• The Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar-- Admiral (Retd) Devendra Kumar Joshi.

• The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh_-- Brigadier (Retd) B D Mishra.

• The Governor of Meghalaya -- Ganga Prasad.

Awards(Nobel Prize) Field Description Winner

Physiology or for the discoveries of Jeffrey C. Hall

Medicine molecular (USA), Michael mechanisms Rosbash (USA)

controlling the & Michael W.

circadian rhythm Young (USA)

Physics for decisive Rainer Weiss

contributions to the (Germany), LIGO detector & the Barry C. Barish

observation of (USA) & Kip S. gravitational waves Thorne (USA)

Chemistry for developing cryo- Jacques

electron microscopy Dubochet for the high- (Swizerland),

resolution structure Joachim Frank

determination of (Germany) &

biomolecules in Richard

solution Henderson

(Scotland)

Literature

in novels of great Kazuo Ishiguro

emotional force, has (Japan) uncovered the abyss

beneath our illusory

sense of connection

with the world

Peace for its work to draw International

attention to the Campaign to catastrophic Abolish

humanitarian Nuclear

consequences of any Weapons use of nuclear (ICAN)

weapons & for its (founded in ground-breaking Australia)

efforts to achieve a treaty-based

prohibition of such weapons

Economic for contributions to Richard H.

Sciences behavioural Thaler (USA) economics

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2017 S.

No. Name of the Awardee discipline

1. Shri Devendra Para Athlete

2. Shri Sardar Singh Hockey

Dhyan Chand Award

S. No. Name (S/Shri) Discipline

1 . Mr. Bhupender Singh Athletics

2. Mr. Syed Shahid Hakim Football

3. Ms. Sumarai Tete Hockey

Brand Ambassadors

• Hritik Roshan become the brand ambassador of health & wellness startup Cure.fit in a deal worth Rs 100 crore.

• UK CM Trivendra Rawat announced the appointment of actor Akshay Kumar as the brand ambassador of the Swachh Bharat Mission in the state.

• Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu launched Swachh Andhra Mission on occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. Ace shuttler PV Sindhu chosen as brand ambassador of Swachh Andhra.

• Badminton ace PV Sindhu appointed the first brand ambassador of tyre maker Bridgestone India.

• The Indian govt. has appointed as its next ambassador to China -- Gautam Bambawale.

• The new Ambassador of India to the Republic of Indonesia -- Pradeep Kumar Rawat • Tamil film actor has been appointed brand icon of Pro Kabaddi League franchise Tamil Thalaivas -- Kamal Haasan

• Bollywood actress has been appointed woman ambassador in 'Friends of Australia' (FOA) advocacy panel -- Parineeti Chopra.

• India becomes 1st country to give to UN Tax Fund with $100000 contribution

• US shut do Pakista s Habib Bank

• Bangladesh signed a $4.5 billion third line of credit (LoC) agreement with India

• Saudi Ara ia s Ki g Salman issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time.

• Malala Yousafzai secured a place at Oxford University after getting her A-level results.

• Australian state govt. approved world's biggest single tower solar thermal power plant, a 150-MW structure to be built in South Australia by 2020

• In Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta re-elected as President following the election.

• Australia became 35th country to join International Solar Alliance (ISA),

• Boli ia s Preside t Evo Morales has de lared his go er e t s i depe de e fro World Ba k & IMF

•ADB increase its annual lending to India to maximum of $4 billion

•GOI signed a loan deal worth $76 million with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

•PM Modi met Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko in New Delhi

Union Minister of State for Home inaugurated the Research Institution of World Ancient, Traditional, Culture & Heritage

(RIWATCH) Museum at Roing, Arunachal Prades

•PM Modi & Japa s PM Shinzo Abe laid the foundation stone of the 508-km long Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail in

Ahmedabad.

•India started 'Operation Insaniyat' to provided assistance to Bangladesh

•India has granted USD 500000 to the Philippines to fight ISIS.

•PM Modi laid the foundation stone for Bhadbhut Barrage to be built over Narmada River in Bharuch Gujarat.

•PM Modi laid the foundation stone of a four-lane cable-stayed bridge between Okha & Beyt Dwarka

•. •PM Modi launched the Sardar Sarovar Dam - the world's 2nd-biggest - on river Narmada in Gujarat

•India's first museum on Partition of Indian subcontinent will open in Amritsar Punjab

•PM Modi inaugurated former President, Dr. Kala s memorial at Pei Karumbu in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu on his 2nd

death anniversary

•India launched its first petroleum Research & Development (R&D) facility for testing high-end BS-VI quality fuel emissions

in Faridabad in NCR.

•Govt. merged the ministries of urban development, & housing & urban poverty alleviation to form the Ministry of

Housing & Urban Affairs. This is third time the ministries have been merged.

•Union Govt. set up new wing Directorate General of Analytics & Risk Management (DGARM) to provide intelligence

inputs taking action against tax evaders. This will be under Central Board of Excise

Sports

• BCCI appointed Bharat Arun as the I dia Cri ket tea s o li g oa h. • India skipper Mithali Raj hose as the aptai of the ICC Wo e s World Cup 7 tea ICC

• Ravi Shastri e a e I dia ri ket tea s e head oa h. • The o e s ri ket tea from England beat India by 9 runs to win the ICC Women World Cup 2017 at

Lord s Cri ket Grou d at Lo do

• FIFA U-17 World Cup started with four opening day matches to be played in Delhi & Mumbai. (INDIA won this)

• Rafael Nadal (Spain) won his sixth title of the year by defeating Nick Kyrgios (Aus) at China Open 2017

• Roger Federer o a re ord eighth Wi ledo title & e a e the tour a e t s oldest ha pio ith a straight-sets victory over Marin Cilic. Federer claimed his 19th Grand Slam title

• PV Sindhu becomes the first Indian to win the Korea Open Superseries

• PV Sindhu won Silver medal in World Badminton Championship 2017.

• Badminton ace PV Sindhu appointed the first brand ambassador of tyre maker Bridgestone India.

• P V Sindhu esto ed ith the 'Sportsperso of the Year' a ard duri g the Maruti Suzuki Sportsperson of the Year Charit Gala A ards.

• Indian Shuttler H S Prannoy won the US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament title. In the women's singles, Japanese Aya Ohoriwon won.

• Mer edes Le is Ha ilto o the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, in Singapore.

• Mercedes' British F1 driver Lewis Hamilton registered 58th win after claiming the Belgian Grand Prix title.

• Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari won the Hungarian Grand Prix, to claim his fourth victory of the season.

• Valtteri Bottas roared to the second victory of his career when he won the Austrian Grand Prix for Mercedes.

• Mer edes Le is Ha ilto o the British Grand Prix for the fifth time

• Pooja Kadian became the first ever Indian sportsperson to win a gold medal at the Wushu World Championship

• India will host the 2019 edition of the Commonwealth (Youth, Junior & Senior) Weightlifting Championships.

• India will host the South Asian Boxing Championship for 1st time in Guwahati

• 5 time world champion & Olympic bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom become 1st Indian to be picked as the I ter atio al Bo i g Asso iatio s AIBA represe tati e for I ter atio al Ol pi Co ittee Athletes Forum.

• I dia s Ajay Singh won bronze medal in Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships at Kathmandu,

• Indian Olympic Association (IOA) awarded Goa the rights to host the 36th National Games

• I dia s Manpreet Kaur lai ed the gold edal i the o e s shot put i the Asia Athleti s Championships 2017

• I dia s Karamjyoti Dalal won bronze medal at the World Para Athletics Championships 2017

• 16th IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) World Championships 2017 was held in London