2. Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar, Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, to be a Judge of theSupreme Court of India .
3. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution states Foodgrains worth Rs. 10,000 crore better targeted with computerisation of PDS.
4. Indian Air Force has launched its Electronic Maintenance Management System (e-MMS) Project, an automated military maintenance system. It was inaugurated by the Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha in Pune, Maharashtra.
5. The Solar Impulse 2 plane touched down in Tulsa, in the south-central US state of Oklahoma ending the latest stage of its record-breaking quest to circle the globe without consuming a drop of fuel.
6. Antonov An-225 Mriya, Worlds largest Cargo Plane, Comes to India Lands in Hyderabad. It has maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes.
7. The Union Cabinet approves the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy that will lay the future roadmap for intellectual property in India.
8. Former India captain Anil Kumble was re-appointed ICC Cricket Committee chairman for a second term of three years while his one-time team-mate and batting great Rahul Dravid was named member of the top panel. Kumble, the all-time highest wicket-taker for India, was appointed as the chairman for his first term in 2012 and will now continue to head the panel until 2018.
9. US tech giant Apple has raised its stakes in China by investing USD 1 billion in ride hailing app Didi Chuxin, the single largest investment received by the Chinese cab-service company. Didi said that it has received USD 1 billion in strategic investment from Apple.
10. Kotak Mahindra Bank Chief Uday Kotak, who has a net worth of about $7.1 billion, is the sole Indian in Forbes' list of 40 of the most powerful people in the financial world who control the flow of trillions of dollars around the global economy. The Forbes list of "Money Masters: The Most Powerful People in the Financial World" is topped by Blackstone Group's CEO Stephen Schwarzman.
11. Former BCCI President Shashank Manohar was elected unopposed as ICC's first independent Chairman.
12. Setting up a new record, Rajya Sabha passed five Bills. The Bills passed includes The Finance Bill, 2016, The Appropriation Bill, 2016, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, The Rajendra Central Agricultural University Bill, 2015 and The Indian Trusts (Amendment) Bill 2015.
13. The Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NDTV Ethnic Retail Ltd. for popularizing India Handloom textiles as a fashionable product for youth.
14. President Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards to nursing personnel atRashtrapati Bhavan on the occasion of International Nurses Day.
15. Kanakia Group private limited has roped in French football legend and Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane as a brand ambassador for its project Kanakia Paris in Mumbai's business district in Bandra-Kurla Complex. This is for the first time an international sportsman is being hired as an ambassador of any real estate project in the country.
16. Renowned West Indies cricket writer and commentator Tony Cozier died. He was 75.
17. Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram of India and Uurinntuya Uurtsaikh of Mongolia became Champions in the Asian Junior Open and Girls Championship respectively.
18. Long-serving England women’s captain Charlotte Edwards announced her retirement from International cricket.
19. After Salman Khan, Sachin Tendulkar and Abhinav Bindra, Oscar winning music composer A R Rahman also became the Goodwill Ambassador of the Indian Olympic contingent for Rio Olympics 2016.
11. Former BCCI President Shashank Manohar was elected unopposed as ICC's first independent Chairman.
12. Setting up a new record, Rajya Sabha passed five Bills. The Bills passed includes The Finance Bill, 2016, The Appropriation Bill, 2016, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, The Rajendra Central Agricultural University Bill, 2015 and The Indian Trusts (Amendment) Bill 2015.
13. The Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NDTV Ethnic Retail Ltd. for popularizing India Handloom textiles as a fashionable product for youth.
14. President Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards to nursing personnel atRashtrapati Bhavan on the occasion of International Nurses Day.
15. Kanakia Group private limited has roped in French football legend and Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane as a brand ambassador for its project Kanakia Paris in Mumbai's business district in Bandra-Kurla Complex. This is for the first time an international sportsman is being hired as an ambassador of any real estate project in the country.
16. Renowned West Indies cricket writer and commentator Tony Cozier died. He was 75.
17. Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram of India and Uurinntuya Uurtsaikh of Mongolia became Champions in the Asian Junior Open and Girls Championship respectively.
18. Long-serving England women’s captain Charlotte Edwards announced her retirement from International cricket.
19. After Salman Khan, Sachin Tendulkar and Abhinav Bindra, Oscar winning music composer A R Rahman also became the Goodwill Ambassador of the Indian Olympic contingent for Rio Olympics 2016.
20. Bureaucrat-turned- politician N K Singh was honoured with Japan"s second highest national decoration for his contribution in strengthening Indo-Japan ties in the field of trade and investment over last few decades. The prestigious "The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star" award was conferred on Singh by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Imperial Palace.
21. India and Mauritius have signed the much awaited protocol amending the double tax avoidance arrangement between the two countries. The protocol provides for grandfathering of investments and the revised position shall only be applicable to investments made on or after April 1, 2017.
22. Western Union "My Stamp" was released to mark 15 years of collaboration between the money transfer service provider and India Post. This is the first time that the Department of Post has released "My Stamp" to commemorate a milestone with a multinational corporation.
23. Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inaugurated Comrade Umraomal Purohit Memorial Research Centre situated in All India Railwaymen’s Federation (AIRF) Office Complex, New Delhi.
24. South Indian actor Mohanlal has become the brand ambassador of the country's largest streaming platform,Hotstar, which provides over 80,000 hours of world class entertainment content in eight Indian languages.
25. Brazil's state oil firm Petrobras signed a preliminary deal with the Export-Import Bank of China (China EximBank) on a 1-billion- U.S. dollar loan.
26. An Indian-American woman elementary teacher Revathi Balakrishnan from Texas has been honored by USPresident Barack Obama at the White House for her excellent work in the field of education. Revathi Balakrishnan, a teacher at Patsy Sommer Elementary School, was also named 2016 "Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year"
27. Hockey India (HI) recommended national men's team players V.R. Raghunath and Dharamvir Singh and women's team captain Ritu Rani for the Arjuna Award.
28. Shashank Manohar resigned from the post of BCCI President.
21. India and Mauritius have signed the much awaited protocol amending the double tax avoidance arrangement between the two countries. The protocol provides for grandfathering of investments and the revised position shall only be applicable to investments made on or after April 1, 2017.
22. Western Union "My Stamp" was released to mark 15 years of collaboration between the money transfer service provider and India Post. This is the first time that the Department of Post has released "My Stamp" to commemorate a milestone with a multinational corporation.
23. Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inaugurated Comrade Umraomal Purohit Memorial Research Centre situated in All India Railwaymen’s Federation (AIRF) Office Complex, New Delhi.
24. South Indian actor Mohanlal has become the brand ambassador of the country's largest streaming platform,Hotstar, which provides over 80,000 hours of world class entertainment content in eight Indian languages.
25. Brazil's state oil firm Petrobras signed a preliminary deal with the Export-Import Bank of China (China EximBank) on a 1-billion- U.S. dollar loan.
26. An Indian-American woman elementary teacher Revathi Balakrishnan from Texas has been honored by USPresident Barack Obama at the White House for her excellent work in the field of education. Revathi Balakrishnan, a teacher at Patsy Sommer Elementary School, was also named 2016 "Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year"
27. Hockey India (HI) recommended national men's team players V.R. Raghunath and Dharamvir Singh and women's team captain Ritu Rani for the Arjuna Award.
28. Shashank Manohar resigned from the post of BCCI President.
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