1. Dr. Radha Binod Barman, an eminent statistician, took over as the part-time Chairperson in the National Statistical Commission.
2. Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy launched ‘Contract Labour Payment Management System’- a portal of Coal India Limited (CIL).
3. According to the global financial services company HSBC, India's GDP growth in the current fiscal 2016-17 will be 7.4 per cent.
4. Pranav Pandya, head of the All World Gayatri Pariwar and editor of Akhand Jyoti magazine has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Pranab Mukherjee.
5. Forbes Middle east released the list of Top ten richest Indians living in Arab region. The list includes top 10 businessmen above 50 years of age. The list is topped by Sunil Vaswani of Stallion Group.
6. Future Retail appointed independent director V K Chopra as the chairman and non-executive director Kishore Biyani as the vice-chairman of the company.
7. Renowned scholar and critic Professor Asloob Ahmad Ansari died. He was 91.
8. The trade body of Indian IT firms NASSCOM has signed a MoU with Facebook to build a product design initiative to engage the country's young entrepreneurs into becoming problem solvers and solution builders.
9. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Central Bank of United Arab Emirates (UAE) on co-operation concerning currency swap agreement.
10. In order to encourage the exporters, President Pranab Mukherjee awarded 43 companies with Niryat Shree awards and three banks with the Niryat Bandhu Awards.
2. Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy launched ‘Contract Labour Payment Management System’- a portal of Coal India Limited (CIL).
3. According to the global financial services company HSBC, India's GDP growth in the current fiscal 2016-17 will be 7.4 per cent.
4. Pranav Pandya, head of the All World Gayatri Pariwar and editor of Akhand Jyoti magazine has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Pranab Mukherjee.
5. Forbes Middle east released the list of Top ten richest Indians living in Arab region. The list includes top 10 businessmen above 50 years of age. The list is topped by Sunil Vaswani of Stallion Group.
6. Future Retail appointed independent director V K Chopra as the chairman and non-executive director Kishore Biyani as the vice-chairman of the company.
7. Renowned scholar and critic Professor Asloob Ahmad Ansari died. He was 91.
8. The trade body of Indian IT firms NASSCOM has signed a MoU with Facebook to build a product design initiative to engage the country's young entrepreneurs into becoming problem solvers and solution builders.
9. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Central Bank of United Arab Emirates (UAE) on co-operation concerning currency swap agreement.
10. In order to encourage the exporters, President Pranab Mukherjee awarded 43 companies with Niryat Shree awards and three banks with the Niryat Bandhu Awards.
11. US President Barack Obama has announced to reappoint Indian-American Sachin Dev Pavithran to a key independent government agency devoted to accessibility for people with disabilities. Before this, Sachin was appointed to Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board in 2012.
12. Country's biggest lender State Bank of India launched mVisa, a mobile-based payment solution. The service will help customers make payments through their smartphones by simply scanning the unique merchant QR (Quick Response) code at merchant outlets.
13. Private sector lender ICICI Bank became the first financial institution in the country to tie up with the BRICS Grouping-promoted New Development Bank (NDB) for a partnership in bond issuances, co-financing, treasury management and human resources.
14. World's first Exchange Traded Fund focused on India's sovereign bonds was launched by the MCB Capital Markets and will be listed in Mauritius, providing global investors access to the Indian government securities.
15. Pralhad P Chhabria, founder and chairman of Finolex Group, died. He was 86.
16. Senior IPS officer Kumar Rajesh Chandra has been appointed as chief of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), the aviation security wing of the government.
17. American company SpaceX launched an unmanned "Falcon 9" rocket to put a communication satellite into orbit.
18. India ended its campaign at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup at fourth place with 3 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals, while Italy finished at the top spot in the medal's table.
12. Country's biggest lender State Bank of India launched mVisa, a mobile-based payment solution. The service will help customers make payments through their smartphones by simply scanning the unique merchant QR (Quick Response) code at merchant outlets.
13. Private sector lender ICICI Bank became the first financial institution in the country to tie up with the BRICS Grouping-promoted New Development Bank (NDB) for a partnership in bond issuances, co-financing, treasury management and human resources.
14. World's first Exchange Traded Fund focused on India's sovereign bonds was launched by the MCB Capital Markets and will be listed in Mauritius, providing global investors access to the Indian government securities.
15. Pralhad P Chhabria, founder and chairman of Finolex Group, died. He was 86.
16. Senior IPS officer Kumar Rajesh Chandra has been appointed as chief of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), the aviation security wing of the government.
17. American company SpaceX launched an unmanned "Falcon 9" rocket to put a communication satellite into orbit.
18. India ended its campaign at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup at fourth place with 3 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals, while Italy finished at the top spot in the medal's table.
19. According to Governor Raghuram Rajan, Reserve Bank is working on a new system for making public the list of wilful defaulters, while a new mechanism is being put in place for out- of-court settlement of bad loan-related disputes.
20. Indian Army is holding a major military training exercise "Chakravyuh-II" to validate battlereadiness and operational effectiveness of the Pivot Formation and Rapid Division, in Suratgarh.
21. Stepping up efforts to make rail tracks discharge free zones, Indian Railway will convert into green corridor and zero toilet discharge section the nearly 114 km route between Rameswaram and Manmadurai in Tamil Nadu by the end of this month. In the second phase, Kanalus-Dwarka- Okha and Porbunder-Wansjalya section in Gujarat have been identified to be made zero toilet discharge sections.
22. Saudi Arabia replaced its veteran oil minister with a close ally of the king’s increasingly influential son, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as the world’s largest crude exporter embarks on an economic overhaul designed to make it less reliant on energy.
23. Khurram Zaki, a leading Pakistani rights activist and social media campaigner known for his strong stance against religious extremism, was killed by unknown assailants in the country’s financial capital Karachi.
24. Canelo Alvarez defended his World Boxing Council middleweight belt by knocking out Amir Khan with a vicious right hand late in the sixth round of their Las Vegas title fight.
25. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday launched the “runa upasamanam” programme in Kadapa, under which loan waiver of Rs. 10,000 per acre would be extended to horticulturists in the State.
26. Japan’s Tajima Naoki and China’s Xiyu Wang won the boys’ and girls’ singles titles respectively of the BVG India-MSLTA B1 ITF Asian junior tennis championships at the Mhalunge Balewadi Complex here.
20. Indian Army is holding a major military training exercise "Chakravyuh-II" to validate battlereadiness and operational effectiveness of the Pivot Formation and Rapid Division, in Suratgarh.
21. Stepping up efforts to make rail tracks discharge free zones, Indian Railway will convert into green corridor and zero toilet discharge section the nearly 114 km route between Rameswaram and Manmadurai in Tamil Nadu by the end of this month. In the second phase, Kanalus-Dwarka- Okha and Porbunder-Wansjalya section in Gujarat have been identified to be made zero toilet discharge sections.
22. Saudi Arabia replaced its veteran oil minister with a close ally of the king’s increasingly influential son, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as the world’s largest crude exporter embarks on an economic overhaul designed to make it less reliant on energy.
23. Khurram Zaki, a leading Pakistani rights activist and social media campaigner known for his strong stance against religious extremism, was killed by unknown assailants in the country’s financial capital Karachi.
24. Canelo Alvarez defended his World Boxing Council middleweight belt by knocking out Amir Khan with a vicious right hand late in the sixth round of their Las Vegas title fight.
25. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday launched the “runa upasamanam” programme in Kadapa, under which loan waiver of Rs. 10,000 per acre would be extended to horticulturists in the State.
26. Japan’s Tajima Naoki and China’s Xiyu Wang won the boys’ and girls’ singles titles respectively of the BVG India-MSLTA B1 ITF Asian junior tennis championships at the Mhalunge Balewadi Complex here.
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