- The Government of India set up 51 new incubators for startups in the information and communications technology space across India. This is the part of its Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (Tide) 2.0 scheme.
- As a part of India-Bangladesh cooperation, a channel owned on the Doordarshan Free Dish will be available for the viewers of Doordarshan in India. DD India would be made available in Bangladesh for being viewed by the people in that country.This arrangement is as a result of the MoU signed between Prasar Bharati and Bangladesh TV (BTV).
- The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a global campaign named “AWaRe” urging governments to implement a tool to reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), adverse events and costs.
- It is developed by the WHO Essential Medicines List. It is classified antibiotics into three groups – Access, Watch and Reserve. The AWaRe campaign – ‘AdoptAWaRe, Handle antibiotics with care’
- According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Bangladesh emerged as the fastest growing economy among the 45 countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
- Microsoft owned GitHub acquired US based start-up Pull Panda. Firm this creates code review tools for the platform for an undisclosed sum.
- Unemployed youth who completed their graduation or equivalent degree will be given unemployment allowance by the Rajasthan government. Male applicants will get Rs 3,000/month, While the women and differently-abled will get Rs 3,500/month under Chief Minister Yuva Sambal Yojana. The applicants must be natives of Rajasthan .
- Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu State Government to launch its flagship universal health insurance scheme named “Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana(SSBY).The Health scheme will be the first of its kind in the state and provide annual health cove of Rs. 5 lakh per family to 43.18 lakh families of Punjab.
- NHA And ICICI Foundation Signed A MOU To Train 15,000 Personnel Under Ayushman Bharat Scheme
- Reserve Bank of India advised all Scheduled Commercial Banks to adopt Education Loan Scheme. The schemes are formulated by the Indian Banks Association
- The Reserve Bank of India launched an application on its website for lodging complaints against banks. The NBFCs decided to improve customer experience in timely redressal of grievances.
- Odisha Government released a Flood Hazard Atlas for efficient management of flood in the state. The report was released by the Odisha Chief Minister (CM) Naveen Patnaik.
- Indian Women’s Hockey team won the FIH. He defeated Japan 3-1 in the finals held at the Hiroshima Hockey Stadium, Japan.
- Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes won the French Grand Prix .
- The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Deputy Governor Viral Acharya resigned six months before the scheduled end of his term.
- Former General Mohamed Ould Ghazouani won presidential election of Mauritania, a country in Northwest Africa. First time in 60 years Mauritania faced elections. They gained independence (28 November 1960) from France.
- Operation Sankalp is the operation launched by the Indian Navy in Gulf of Oman to reassure Indian flagged vessels transiting through the area .
- Virat Kohli has reached 11000 runs becoming the fastest to do so beating Sachin Tendulkar’s record of doing it in 284 ODIs. Virat Kohli did this in 230 ODIs.
- The BJP MP from Kota-Bundi constituency of Rajasthan who has been elected the 17th Speaker of the Lok Sabha – Om Birla
- Akshaya Patra is the Bengaluru based NGO which has been chosen for the BBC World Service Global Champion Award .
- Dr. Virendra Kumar is the BJP MP who has been chosen to be the Protem Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha.
- Maldives has honoured the Indian PM Shri Narendra Modi with its highest honour Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen.
