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Contents
Important Days in January ...................................................................................................................................................... 1
Books & Authors ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Banking News .......................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Obituaries................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Appointments ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Sports News ............................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Miscellaneous News ............................................................................................................................................................... 9
Important Days in January

Date Day 2017 theme if any
1 January Global Family Day -
1 January Army Medical Corps Establishment Day -
4 January World Braille Day (WBD) -
9 January Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Non-Resident Redefining Engagement with the Indian
Indian Day) Diaspora
10 January World Hindi Day -
12 January National Youth Day (birthday of Swami Youth for Digital India
Vivekananda)
15 January Army Day -
Books & Authors

Book Author
The Secret Chord Geraldine Brooks
Scattered Souls Shahnaj Bashir
Just Another Jihadi Jane Tabish Khair
Death Under The Deodars: The Adventures of Miss Ripley- Ruskin Bond
Bean
The People’s President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam SM Khan
The Untold Vajpayee: Politician and Paradox Ullekh NP
Bose: The Indian Samurai – Netaji and the INA Military GD Bakshi
Assessment
Akhada (biography of Mahavir Singh Phogat) Sourabh Duggal
Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz
My Odyssey: Memoirs of the Man behind the Mangalyaan K Radhakrishnan
Mission
Cyber Pathshala (cyber vocabulary book) Tarun Vijay
The Untold Story of Talking Books Matthew Rubery
Olympus: An Indian Retelling of the Greek Myths Devdutt Pattanaik
An Unsuitable Boy Autobiography of Karan Johar
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Banking News
NRIs can exchange defunct notes up to June 30, 2017: RBI
The Prime Minister has approved that senior citizens would get a monthly fixed interest
of 8% on their deposits of up to 7.5 lakhs for 10 years.
PM Modi announced to convert 3 crore Kisan credit card into RuPay card in the next 3 months.
Country’s largest lender SBI cut benchmark interest rate across various maturities by 0.9 per
cent, effective from 1st January 2017.
Over 26 crore accounts have been opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana across the
country now.
The Finance Ministry granted approval to 12 proposals of PSBs to raise a sum of Rs 2,914.038
crore.
Bank of Baroda has announced a partnership with CNX Corporation (CNX) to provide collateral
management services towards the loans against warehouse receipt sanctioned to the farmers.
Coca-Cola India and its largest bottling partner Hindustan Coca-Cola beverages have partnered
the SBI to enable over 2.6 million retailers and 5000 distributors in conducting business
transactions digitally.
HDFC has tied-up with artificial intelligence firm Niki.ai to launch a chatbot called OnChat
on Facebook’s Messenger platform, that will allow users to recharge phones, pay utility bills,
book cabs from Ola or Uber etc., through a chat.
RBI has appointed Surekha Marandi as its Executive Director (ED) in place of U S Paliwal.
Yes Bank has entered into a tie-up with Bajaj Electricals for vendor financing using blockchain
solution.
Paytm has got the final permission to open a payments bank by RBI.
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has tied up with Life Insurance Corporation
of India (LIC) to give a boost to the venture capital ecosystem for MSMEs.

Karnataka Bank has launched a group Personal Accident Insurance Scheme “KBL Suraksha” for
all its Saving Bank (SB) Account holders.
The RBI stated that foreign exchange reserves rose by $625.5 million to $360.296 billion in the
week to December 30, 2016.
India’s pioneering online automobile transactional marketplace Droom tied-up with Axis bank
to provide quick loans on new and used cars.
India’s central Bank RBI has decided to provide Rs 1 billion in Rs 100 denomination notes to
Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) to ease the acute shortage of Rs 100 notes faced by the landlocked
nation.
Kolkata based UCO Bank has launched its prepaid card ‘UCO Suvidha’.
China forex reserves fell by USD 320 billion in 2016.
SBI Pension Funds Pvt Ltd (SBIPFPL), a subsidiary of SBI, has recently appointed Kumar
Sharadindu as the MD & CEO of the company.
HDFC Bank has launched a human shaped robot named IRA at its Mumbai branch to help the
assist the customers in banking activities.
SBI has waived Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on debit card transactions for all small
merchants with annual turnover of up to Rs 20 lakh for one year.
HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company launched a new policy, Trade Credit Insurance Policy,
which safeguards businesses against the risks of non-payment for the goods or services delivered
to the buyers.
Helped by HDFC Bank, five temples in Kanyakumari district in southern Tamil Nadu have
introduced digital wallets and PoS to enable their devotees to pay donations.
Citibank India has launched a Voice Biometrics Authentication for its phone banking customers.
Airtel Payments Bank has officially launched its nationwide operations in all 29 states of India
with Initial Investment of Rs. 3000 Crore. It is the India’s first payments bank and is a fully-
digital and paper-free bank. The bank is offering a 7.25% interest rate on savings accounts
deposits and free personal accidental insurance cover of Rs. 1 Lac on every saving account.
State Bank of India (SBI) has signed a pact with the State General Reserve Fund
of Oman (SGRF), a Sovereign Wealth Fund to infuse $50 million in private

equity fund Oman India Joint Investment Fund (OIJIF) while the SGRF would infuse $150
million.
Obituaries
The actor, William Christopher (84), who is best known for playing Father Mulcahy in
MASH, passed away in California.
Former Minister of Nagaland and former President of Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC), K V
Pusa (63) passed away in Kohima.
Tyrus Wong (106), the legendary Disney artist, passed away in United States.
Karnataka minister for co-operation and sugar H S Mahadeva Prasad (58) passed away in
Bangalore.
Former French Olympic skiing Gold Medallist, Jean Vuarnet (83), passed away.
John Berger (90), the Booker-prize-winning novelist and visionary writer died of illness.
Renowned Sitar maestro Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (88) died at his Bandra residence in Mumbai.
The former minister and renowned historian Gangmumei Kabui (77) passed away in Imphal,
Manipur.
Veteran actor Om Puri (66) has passed away after a massive heart attack.
Mario Soares (92), a former prime minister and president of Portugal, passed away.
Veteran All India Forward Bloc leader and former West Bengal minister Saral Deb (82) passed
away.
Justice C. G. Weeramantry (90), one of the world’s most eminent jurists passed away
in Sri Lanka.
Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (82) died after suffering a heart attack.
Former German president Roman Herzog (82) passed away in Berlin, Germany.
The most prominent and prolific European sociologists of Poland, Zygmunt Bauman has died at
the age of 91.
Peter Eardley Sarstedt (75), the well-known English singer-songwriter, has recently passed away
in Sussex, England. He was born in Delhi in 1941, when India was part of the British Raj.
Veteran British war correspondent Clare Hollingworth, who reported the news that World War
II had started, died at the age of 105 in Hong-Kong.
An American jazz and pop singer and pianist Buddy Greco (90) was dead in Las Vegas, USA.
KM Philip (104), former whole-time director on the board of MRF, passed away.
William Peter Blatty (89), the US author and filmmaker, passed away at Bethesda, Maryland.
Noted political and social activist and president of All India Tribes and Minorities Front Mangal
Singh Negi (86) passed away in Chandigarh.
Former Chief Minister of Punjab, Surjit Singh Barnala (91) passed away in Chandigarh.
Senior Congress leader and former Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Chhajed (67) passed
away in Pune, Maharashtra. Chandrakant was a former Minister of State for Tourism in 2003.
Appointments
An Indian-origin Saudi-based entrepreneur, Shaikh Rafik Mohammed, has been appointed
Major General of Kyrgyzstan.
Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has taken oath as the 25th Chief Justice of Pakistan.
Anil Khosla took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Air Command.
Shirish Baban Deo was appointed to take over as Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS).
President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Prof. David R. Syiemlieh, to perform the duties of the
post of Chairman of Union Public Service Commission.
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav has removed Shivpal Singh Yadav as Samajwadi
Party’s Chief and appointed MLC Naresh Uttam in his place.
Anoop Kumar Srivastava, an IAS officer of 1981 batch of Assam-Meghalaya Cadre, has taken over
charge of the Secretary in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

Sanjiv Ranjan has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to the Oriental Republic
of Uruguay.
Archana Nigam appointed as Controller General of Accounts.
Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar has been sworn-in as the 44th Chief Justice of India.
V Thiruppugazh has been appointed as an Adviser (policy & planning) in the National Disaster
Management Authority (NDMA) of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
Jovenel Moise has been elected as the President of Haiti.
French Consulting Corporation, Capgemini has appointed Anil Jalali as Chief Human Resources
Officer for its India operations.
Technology giant IBM has appointed Karan Bajwa as the Managing Director of its India
operations.
Tata Sons has nominated S Padmanabhan as the Chairman of Tata Power Co Ltd with
immediate effect, in place of Cyrus Mistry.
Sir Tim Barrow has been appointed as the Britain’s ambassador to the European Union (EU)
after Sir Ivan Rogers resigned.
Rajiv J Shah has been appointed as the new President of Rockefeller Foundation.
Nana Akufo-Addo has been sworn-in as the new president of Ghana.
US President-elect Donald Trump has named Dan Coats as his National Intelligence Director.
Gen Raheel Sharif from Pakistan will head the Saudi Arabia-led 39-nation Islamic military
coalition formed to combat terrorism.
Flipkart has elevated former Tiger Global Management executive Kalyan Krishnamurthy as its
new chief executive, replacing co-founder Binny Bansal, who has been named as the group chief
executive.
Daniel Ortega was sworn in as the President of Nicaragua for the third consecutive term.
Dr. Ausaf Sayeed has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic
of Seychelles.
German based car maker BMW has appointed Vikram Pawah as the President of India.

Shalabh Seth has appointed as the CEO of Ola Fleet Technologies.
CEO of Housing.com, Jason Kothari will be the chief strategy and investment officer of Snapdeal.
Congress leader and former Union Minister Manish Tewari appointed as the senior fellow of US-
based think tank Atlantic Council.
Tata Consultancy Services has appointed Rajesh Gopinathan, the current chief financial officer,
as CEO of the company. He replaces N Chandrasekaran, who has been named the chairperson
of Tata Sons.
BJP Mumbai unit chief Ashish Shelar has been appointed as Maharashtra Cricket Association
(MCA) president.
Rajeev Singh, Member (Finance) in Prasar Bharati Board, will take charge as interim CEO of the
public broadcaster after S C Panda retires in February.
Sports News
Spanish professional tennis player, Rafael Nadal successfully clinched 2016 Mubadala World
Tennis Championship title at the Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex.
Argentine Star Lionel Messi was chosen as the World’s Best Playmaker for the year 2016 by
the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).
The former Australian Captain Ricky Ponting will join Australia’s coaching staff as an assistant to
coach the team for next month’s home Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka.
Sergey Karjakin of Russia defeated Norway’s Magnus Carlsen in a tie-breaker to win Gold in
the World Blitz Chess Championship title in Doha, Qatar.
China's table tennis Olympic champion Li Xiaoxia has announced her retirement.
Seasoned player Mithali Raj will skipper the Indian women’s cricket team for the International
Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup qualifiers to be played from February 3 to 21 in Colombo.
India's women's football team defeated Bangladesh 3-1 in Siliguri to win the 2016 South Asian
Football Federation (SAFF) Women's Championship for the fourth consecutive time.

MS Dhoni has stepped down as the captain of India's limited-overs sides. Dhoni had given up
the Test captaincy in December 2014.
Virat Kohli was officially named as the Indian Cricket Team’s New Captain for all the three
formats.
Former Australian cricketer Arthur Morris, who became the 82nd player to be inducted into the
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, was given the honour posthumously.
Robert Marchand a 105 year old man has made a record by cycling 22.547km (14 miles) in 1 hour.
The 13th edition of National Ice Skating Championship 2017 held in Gurugram, Haryana.
Serbian professional tennis player Novak Djokovic won the Qatar Open Men’s singles tennis
tournament by defeating Andy Murray in the final.
Rising Indian squash star Velavan Senthilkumar created history by winning the first-ever all-
Indian Boys’ Under-19 final at the British Junior Open in Sheffield.
28-year-old Kenyan middle-distance runner David Rudisha has been named as the international
event Ambassador of the 14th edition of the Mumbai Marathon.
Spanish tennis player Roberto Bautista Agut won the men’s singles title of the Chennai Open
2017.
Indian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan captured men’s doubles title at 2017
Chennai Open.
Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri has been named as the Coach of the Year at the FIFA Football
Awards in Zurich.
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo was named the world’s best player at the inaugural Best FIFA
Football Awards 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Mumbai youngster, Shreyas Mehta, won the Scottish Junior Open Squash championship at
Edinburgh, Scotland.
An eight-year old boy from Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri Abbu Ammaz has won gold medal in
Thai Boxing Championship at the national level.
The Federation Internationale de Football Association FIFA has decided that the World Cup will
be expanded to host 48 teams, up from 32.

West Indies turned to former batsman Jimmy Adams into their new director of cricket
Association.
Russian rhythmic gymnast Yana Kudryavtseva has retired from competition aged just 19,
Kudryavtseva won 13 world championships from 2013 to 2015.
Indian hockey team captain PR Sreejesh has become a member of International Hockey
Federation Athletes' Committee.
Pankaj Advani clinched the 3rd Kolkata Open National Invitation Snooker Championship 2017.
Asian games Bronze-Medallist boxer, Sarita Devi became the first ever female boxer from India
to step into the world of professional boxing.
Gujarat won Ranji Trophy title 2017 by defeating Mumbai at the Holkar Stadium in Indore.
14th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon: Alphonce Simbu from Tanzania won men's elite,
Bornes Kitur from Kenya won women's elite, Kheta Ram and Jyoti Gawte are the fastest man
amd woman from India.
The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Vijay Goel inaugurated the Khelo India
National-level competitions for various sports for Under-14 and Under-17 children in New Delhi.
Chennai Smashers won the 2017 Vodafone Premier Badminton League (PBL) tournament by
defeating Mumbai Rockets in the final in New Delhi.
Miscellaneous News
Sikkim has emerged as the India’s first fully organic state by converting around 75,000 hectares
of agricultural land into sustainable cultivation.
31 year old professional Indian tennis player Somdev Kishore Devvarman popularly known as
Somdev announced his retirement from professional tennis.
Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh have been conferred with the 2016 Bharatiya
Jnanpith Navlekhan Award.
KM Singh, Chairman & Managing Director of State-run National Hydroelectric Power

Corporation (NHPC) has been conferred the ‘Power & Energy Persona’s Award for Individual
Excellence’.

Amazon has planned to launch an “Airborne Fulfillment Center” (AFC) to deploy Drones for
delivering its items in minutes.
India’s largest LNG importer Petronet has signed an MoU with Petrobangla to set up $950
million liquefied natural gas import project of 7.5 million tonnes a year in Bangladesh.
China announced a plan to ban all ivory trade and processing activities by the end of 2017, to
prevent the mass killing and threat of extinction of African elephants.
Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani launched India’s first laser technology-based advanced
AVMS RTO check-post.
Under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana, PM Modi has declared that in rural areas the number
of houses being built would be increased by 33 per cent.
A sum of Rs 6000 would be deposited in the account of pregnant and lactating women in above
650 rural districts to meet medical expenses.
PM Modi said that the cash credit limit for small businesses would be raised to 25 per cent from
20 per cent. The Credit guarantee for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises would be raised to
Rs 2 crore from current Rs 1 crore.
PM Modi announced two new housing schemes for the urban poor. As per the decision, home
loan taken by urban poor in 2017 up to Rs. 9 Lakh would get 4 percent subvention on interest
while 3 percent subvention on interest on home loans of up to Rs. 12 Lakh.
Union Government has announced to provide 3% of subvention on interest for home loans of up
to Rs. 2 Lakh by rural poor in 2017.
India’s first transgender school “Sahaj International” opened at Thrikkakara in Kerala’s

Ernakulam district.
Odisha's World famous 11-day gala festival Bargarh Dhanua Jatra was celebrated from January 2.
India has test-fired its home-grown long range intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear
capable ballistic missile Agni-IV from the Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island off Odisha coast (range:
4000 km).
Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh launched a new health scheme, Arogya
Raksha Scheme in Vijayawada.
India and Pakistan exchanged the list of nuclear installations and facilities covered under
the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear Installations.

Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain honoured Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed
Bajwa with Nishan-e-Imtiaz to recognize his valuable servicesin Islamabad.
Maharashtra Government has declared to ban the use of Purse Seine Nets for fishing across
state.
The British Treasury has decided to introduce a new 12-sided one-pound coin at end of March
2017 and scrap the 30 year old one pound coin by October 2017.
Laser walls and smart sensors will be soon installed at the Indo-Bangla International
Border in West Bengal.
The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) was awarded with “Best Performing
Power Distribution Utility in Power Sector” by Central Board of Irrigation & Power (CBIP).
The Supreme Court has removed BCCI President Anurag Thakur and Secretary Ajay Shirke from
the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for failing to implement the reforms suggested
by the RM Lodha panel.
Country’s oldest union, the Maritime Union of India (MUI), representing Indian Merchant Navy
Officers since 1939, has launched an android based mobile app named MUI.
The Supreme Court bench headed by TS Thakur ruled out that no politician can seek votes in
the name of caste, language or religion and seeking votes in this manner would be considered as
a corrupt practice and not permissible.
Gaurav Goyal, the district collector of Ajmer, has been awarded ‘Scroll of Honor’ by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi for encouraging cashless transactions in the district.
2017 marks 186th birth year of country's first woman teacher, Savitribai Phule (3 January, 1831).
Govt's online payments app, BHIM is now the number one free app on Google Play Store.
India has ranked third among the countries offering the highest average annual salary to
expatriates, according to HSBC Holdings data.
Switzerland topped among the countries offering the highest average annual salary.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurate the five-day annual Indian Science Congress at the Sri
Venkateswara University at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. Theme: Science and Technology for
National Development.

Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has launched mobile app 'Haj
Committee of India', which will provide information and facilitate e-payments for Haj
pilgrimage.
Maharashtra government will organise a Digi Dhan Mela in Mumbai under the aegis of central
government’s Lucky Grahak Yojana for Consumers and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana for traders.
In Uttar Pradesh, day-long Digi Dhan Mela was organised by the central government and the
financial institutions in Meerut.
A Digi Dhan Mela has been organized in Chandigarh to promote digital transactions.
In Andhra Pradesh, Vijayawada hosted the first Digi Dhan Mela in the State.
The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights, Pakistan unanimously approved the Hindu
Marriages Bill on 2nd January 2017.
Russia has finally delivered four Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets to China after a delay of two years.
The Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Mr Vijay Goel constituted Injeti Srinivas
committee to suggest improvements in the National Sports Development Code functioning of
sports federations.
A ministerial level talks between Indian Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare of India
Radha Mohan Singh and Minister for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development of Sri Lanka
Mahinda Amaraweera was held in Colombo.
The trial run of India’s first 700 MW Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) at Kakrapar,
Gujarat, is expected to take place in middle of 2017.
The Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis unveiled the portrait of social reformer
‘Prabodhankar Thackeray’ in the general assembly hall of the Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC) and paid rich tributes to him.
China has launched its first freight train to London. The train will travel for about 18 days and
more than 12,000 km before reaching its destination in Britain.
The Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) directed that Service charges billed by restaurants
are optional and it is up to the customers to pay it.
The Union Government has kept interest rates on Small Savings Schemes like PPF and Kisan
Vikas Patra, Sukanya Samriddhi Account and Senior Citizens Savings Scheme unchanged from

the rates prescribed for the fourth quarter of 2016-17 starting from January 1, 2017, and ending on
March 31.
Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP): 7.7 percent with maturity in 112 months, Public Provident Fund (PPF):
8 percent annual interest rate. Sukanya Samriddhi Account: 8.5% Per Annum. Senior Citizens
Savings Scheme: 8.5% per annum.
Cabinet has approved signing and ratifying an agreement between India and Uruguay regarding
cooperation and mutual assistance in Customs Matters.
EPFO launched Enrollment and Establishment coverage campaign 2017 to enroll more workers,
sat Re 1 fine for late registration.
Google India has created two tools My Business and Digital Unlocked for the small and medium
businesses in India, that would help to create an online presence, besides a digital training
programme.
The 13th edition of Nepal’s five-day Chitwan Elephant Festival celebrated in Kathmandu with the
participation of over 50 elephants.
Finland has become the first country in the world to pay a basic income to randomly picked
citizens on a national level in an aiming at dismissing poverty, motivate people to join work
force and decrease unemployment.
The U.K.’s ambassador to the European Union Ivan Rogers resigned from his post.
A day after the Supreme Court removed Anurag Thakur and Ajay Shirke as President and
Secretary of the BCCI for obstructing Lodha Panel reforms, Karnataka State Cricket Association
(KSCA) bearers Brijesh Patel, Ashok Anand and Dayanand Pai, have resigned from the posts of
KSCA Secretary, President and Treasurer.
The United Nations 70th General Assembly has recognised the year 2017 as the International
Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development.
The Election Commission of India has issued a limitation for campaign expense per candidate. In
Goa and Manipur, the limit on election expenses per candidate is Rs 20 lakh. In Punjab, Uttar
Pradesh and Uttarakhand the election expenses limit per candidate is Rs 28 lakh.
State-owned fuel retailers, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and
Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) will offer an upfront discount of Rs 5 on every LPG refill
to all LPG customers who will book and pay for it online.

Prime Minister Modi released special commemorative stamps on Prakash Parv in 350th birth
anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh in Patna on 5 January 2017.
Telangana and Assam signed MoU to join the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojna (UDAY) taking the
total number of states covered under the scheme to 20.
Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal inaugurated the two day Assam Biotech Conclave in
Guwahati.
For the benefit of voters, candidates, election staff as well as the Election Commission of India
(ECI), the district administration of Ludhiana has developed a mobile application named
ECI360.
Munich Re is opening a composite branch office in Mumbai to service the property-casualty, life,
health reinsurance markets across the country.
Solar power producer Azure Power commissioned 150 MW solar power project in Punjab, which
is its largest in North India.
Five Indian Americans Kamala Harris, Ami Bera, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Pramila
Jayapal took oath as members of US Congress.
On the direction of the Apex court, Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) secretary Ashirbad
Behera, President Ranjib Biswal and all OCA office-bearers quit from their posts.
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, approved signing of an
agreement for cooperation in the field of Agriculture and allied sectors with two
countries, Kenya and Portugal.
The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved many new projects at an estimated
cost of over Rs 370 crore for its ongoing Ganga rejuvenation programme in Haridwar and
Varanasi.
In order to encourage competition for improving sanitation standards in the respective area, the
government started, Swachh Survekshan 2017. The survey will be conducted by Quality Council
of India to rank 500 cities across the country on cleanliness.
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy and
Mines, Piyush Goyal launched the Web Portal and the Mobile App for Ujwal DISCOM Assurance
Yojana (UDAY) scheme.
India’s core sectors including coal, steel and electricity, register a growth of 4.9% in November
2016.

The Union Commerce & Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman launched an Intellectual
Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement Toolkit for Police along with an IPR Awareness Campaign for
School Children in New Delhi.
The Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge), Shri Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurated
the International Conference on “Yoga for Diabetes” in New Delhi.
Scientists in Ireland have discovered a brand new organ named Mesentery, inside the digestive
system which was not known till date.
India’s first bus to run on human and animal waste is set to make debut on the Ultadanga to
Garia route in Kolkata.
India & Kazakhstan signed 5 protocols to amend Double Taxation Avoidance Convention.
4th Assam International Agri-Horti show held in Guwahati.
The Centre has approved an assistance of over 1782.44 crore rupees for Karnataka. The state will
get this sum from the National Disaster Relief Fund as drought relief.
The Island Tourism Festival 2017 held at Port Blair in Andaman & Nicobar islands.
Government has imposed an anti-dumping duty ranging from 6.30 US dollars to 351.72 US
dollars per tonne on imports of jute and its products from Bangladesh and Nepal.
Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar has submitted his resignation as vice-president of the
Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA).
The 25th New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF) held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi with the
theme “Manushi – Books Written on and by Women”.
The 14th edition of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) held in Bengaluru, Karnataka from January 7 to
9, 2017 on theme “Redefining Engagement with the Indian Diaspora”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Portuguese counterpart Dr Antonio Costa has
inaugurated the main convention of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas.
At the 14th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, PM Modi launched a Pravasi Kaushal Vikas
Yojana (PKVY) to train and certify the Indians youths who are interested in overseas
employment to enable them fit with the international standards and boost their confidence.

The Delhi government approved ‘Good Samaritan Policy’ under which monetary incentive of Rs.
2,000 and appreciation certificate will be given to people who help road accident victims in the
national capital.
Tata Motors and Castrol have signed a 3-year strategic partnership agreement.
The All India Conference of Chairpersons and Chief Executive Officers of States and Union
Territories' Waqf Boards begins in New Delhi.
Japan has decided to be associated with the development of Chennai, Ahmedabad and Varanasi
as smart cities.
India’s per capita income, a gauge for measuring living standard, is estimated to cross Rs 1 lakh
in 2016-17, up from Rs 93,293 in the previous fiscal.
Over 30 Indian-origin innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders have been featured in the 2017
edition of Forbes' list of super achievers under the age of 30 who seek to break the status quo
and transform the world.
The North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has named a stretch of road in Rohini area
after Guru Govind Singh.
Telangana Government led by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, announced a new scheme to
provide financial assistance of Rs. 1000 per month to poor single women in the state.
Bollywood actor, Shah Rukh Khan has been named for the 4th Yash Chopra Memorial Award.
The 16th edition of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) meeting held in
New Delhi under the Chairmanship of the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
China launched its longest bullet train named “Shangri-la of the World” (Length: 2252 KM).
Norway will become the world’s first country to switch off FM radio network.
Ramesh Prasad has been honoured with the Life Time Achievement (LTA) award at the 2017
Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF).
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has announced a reward of Rs 100 crore to
anybody who becomes a Nobel Prize winner from the state.
The world’s tallest solar tower is currently being constructed in Israel’s Negev desert. It will
be 250 meters (820 feet) tall, is encircled by around 50,000 mirrors called heliostats.

According to the Central Statistical Office data India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth is
estimated at 7.1 per cent in 2016-17 as compared to 7.6 per cent in 2015-16.
US First Lady Michelle Obama has selected 16-year-old Indian-American Swetha Prabakaran to
serve in the inaugural Student Advisory Board of an education campaign “Better Make Room”.
IRCTC Limited will launch a new ticketing App “IRCTC Rail Connect” which will have several
features added on the existing one for faster booking of tickets.
Central government has made obtaining an Aadhaar number mandatory for 2.5 crore
members of the Employees’ Pension Scheme of 1995, one of the benefits available to Employees’
Provident Fund subscribers.
Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has made Aadhaar mandatory for its about 50
lakh pensioners and around four crore subscribers.
Vedanta Resources subsidiary firm Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) has received environment
clearance for its Rs. 1,200 crore Zawar Mines expansion project in Rajasthan.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is sending African-American

astronaut Jeanette Epps to the International Space Station for the first time.
China is setting up the world's highest altitude gravitational wave telescopes in a Tibet
prefecture close to Line of Actual Control with India with a budget of $18.8 million.
Maharashtra state Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar launched first of its kind 24 X 7 call-
center facility for the forest department of the state.
Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor has roped as the brand ambassador for Asian Paints premium
exterior paint offering Ultima Protek.
Hyderabad based pharmaceutical manufacturing company Aurobindo Pharma has inked an

agreement to acquire Portugal’s Generis Farmaceutica SA from Magnum Capital Partners for a
consideration of 135 million euros.
Delhi High Court has approved the merger of two subsidiaries of PVR Ltd- PVR Leisure Ltd and
Lettuce Entertain Ltd.
Government will sell 26% stake in defence equipment manufacturer Bharat Earth Movers
Limited (BEML), making it the first major PSU to be sold through strategic disinvestment, which
may fetch the exchequer over Rs 1,000 crore.

Technology giant Dell has unveiled ‘Latitude 7285’, the world’s first laptop that charges
wirelessly.
US space agency NASA has announced two missions, Lucy and Psyche to explore the Early Solar
System.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show with the theme
“Vibrant Gujarat: Connecting India to the World”.
PM Modi inaugurated the Nobel Prize exhibition ‘Ideas Changing the World’ at Science City in
Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Power Minister Piyush Goyal unveiled world's largest street light replacement programme in
South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) area.
Power Minister Piyush Goyal will launch the mobile app called EESL SL Complaint App for
SDMC, wherein users can now lodge complaints about faulty street lights.
The 11th annual Blind Challenge Car Rally was organised in Bhopal, to raise awareness about the
issues concerning the visually-impaired.
Gujarat government has come up with India's first student startup and innovation policy, which
aims to provide Rs 200 crore in the form of grants to ideas developed by them.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone for the construction of a new
campus of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) at Kondapavuluru village of
Gannavaram mandal in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh.
Assam government launched its indigenously-developed e-Wallet, Tokapoisa.in to enable the

people of the state for hassle-free online transactions in local language.
Pakistan test-fired its first Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM), Babur-3 (450 KM),
from Indian Ocean.
The state government of Rajasthan led by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has collaborated with
the American MNC Cisco to develop the state capital Jaipur as the second startup
destination after Bengaluru.
The General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR) which was scheduled to be implemented from April 1,
2014, will now come into effect from April 1, 2017 (Assessment Year 2018-19).

Parag Havaldar has won the prestigious Scientific & Technical Awards popularly called
the `Technical Oscar’ by the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences for the development of
expression-based facial performance-capture technology at Sony Pictures Imageworks.
La La Land, an American romantic musical comedy-drama film, broke the record at the 74th
Golden Globe Awards by winning in every category of award it was nominated.
“Moonlight”, written and directed by Barry Jenkins, has won the best motion picture award at
the 2017 Golden Globes awards in Beverly Hills, California.
Smartphone brand Gionee has named Virat Kohli, captain of the Indian cricket team, as
their new brand ambassador.
Bollywood Actor Amitabh Bachchan was honoured by the US Embassy for his immense
contribution to the India-US partnership on tuberculosis (TB).
The deadline for the conversion of the Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) card into OCI (Overseas
citizen of India) Cards has been extended from December 31, 2016 to June 30, 2017.
India’s first international stock exchange “India International Exchange” has been set up by the
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) at the Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT) city in
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, which is recently inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The 20th Edition of the National Conference for e-Governance 2016-17 held in Visakhapatnam,
Andhra Pradesh. The theme of conference was ‘Internet of Things and e-Governance’.
The 3rd edition of National conference “Jal Manthan-III” held in New Delhi to discuss various
issues of water sector.
Foreign minister of France Jean-Marc Ayrault met PM Narendra Modi.
ISRO Chairman Kiran Kumar and CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall signed a partnership
agreement in satellite launch technology in the presence of visiting French Minister of Foreign
Affairs Jean-Marc Ayrault in Bengaluru.
According to growth projection released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), agriculture,
forestry and fishing sector is likely to show a growth of 4.1% during 2016-17.
Maharashtra government has launched India’s largest public WiFi service called 'MumbaiWifi'.
In Haryana, the State level Prarambh School for Teachers Education would be set up at village
Silani in district Jhajjar over an area of 10 acres.

US fast-food giant McDonald’ announced to sell its businesses in mainland China and Hong
Kong for $2.08 billion to Citic, a state-owned conglomerate, and the Carlyle Group, a private
equity firm.
Four Indian–American scientists have been selected by the US President Barack Obama for
the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
The Indian Army successfully conducted the user-validation trials of indigenous artillery
gun Dhanush in the Himalayas.
A Chinese rocket Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) successfully launched three satellites satellite JL-1 and
two CubeSats XY-S1 and Caton-1 into space in its first commercial mission from China’s Jiuquan
Satellite Launch Center in Gansu.
The Union Health Minister J P Nadda is all set to introduce the measles-rubella vaccine
(MR) from February 2017 in five states and Union territories in the Universal Immunisation
Programme (UIP) to provide preventive medications to every child born in India.
Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have discovered a new species of ginger in
the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Darpan Basak (14) from India has won the prestigious Young Travel Photographer Of The Year
(TPOTY) 2016. Ankit Kumar (13) won the award in “14 years old and under” category.
The 21st edition of National Youth Festival held in Rohtak, Haryana. The 2017 theme of festival is
“Youth for Digital India”.
The 2017 International Conference and Exhibition on Re-enforced Plastics (ICERP) inaugurated
by Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at Bombay Exhibition Center in Mumbai,
Maharashtra.
World Bank decelerated India’s growth for 2016-17 fiscal to 7 per cent.
India and Kenya have signed agreements in the area of agriculture which was inked after
delegation-level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kenyan President Uhuru
Kenyatta in New Delhi.
India is collaborating with Kenya to raise agricultural productivity and the Loan of Credit
Agreement of 100 million dollars signed for farm mechanization.
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has revised Indian Standard on gold hallmarking, which is
effective from January 1, 2017. The hallmarked gold jewelry will now be available in three grades
of 14 karat, 18 karats, and 22 karats.

The United States has called for a partnership between India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan on
counter-terrorism operations.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released its 12th edition of the Global Risks Report 2017,
which highlights the most significant long-term risks worldwide.
The 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting held in Davos, Switzerland under the
theme “Responsive and Responsible Leadership”.
INS Khanderi, the 2nd Kalvari class submarine, was launched at the Mazgaon Dock in Mumbai.
The Kalvari class of submarines is being built with assistance from France.
The Delhi Airport informed that it has adopted a unique performance and
benchmarking digital platform, ARC, and claims that it is first in the world to adopt such
platform.
The national carrier Air India (AI) has launched a ‘Fly For Sure’ scheme that will ensure that
passengers reach their destination the desired day without the need to buy expensive last-
minute tickets in case of missing booked flight.
Business process management company, WNS Global Services announced acquisition of US-
based Denali Sourcing Services for $40 million.
Telangana government has signed a MoU with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Airports
Authority of India under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) for air connectivity by
developing small airports and airstrips in the state.
IBM has become the first company to break the US patent record by receiving 8,088 patents in
2016 with a rate of 22 patents per day.
Digital Services firm Atos and NASSCOM Foundation has collaborated to launch National
Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) centers at Vadodara, Gujarat to conduct skill development
programs in the area of Information Technology.
World Bank projected a global growth of 2.7% in 2017.
The government will add 40 more cities to the list of towns it wants to develop as Smart Cities
by providing funds for initiating urban reforms. It will take the total Smart Cities to 100.
30th International kite festivals held in Gujarat, Telangana, Delhi and Karnataka.

With a view to promoting the dairy sector and rural livelihoods in Arunachal Pradesh, the
border state has signed MoU with National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) during the
Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017.
In the biggest hike in nearly three decades, Saudi Arabia has increased India's annual Haj quota
by 34,500.
The month-long Magh Mela festival celebrated at Sangam in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.
Vedanta Foundation and Vedanta Sesa Goa Iron Ore, in collaboration with the Karnataka
Directorate of Education, have launched a pilot project to promote digital education in schools
across the State.
Anjani Portland Cement has commissioned a 16-megawatt (MW) coal-based captive power plant
at its cement unit in Telangana.
Actress Tisca Chopra named as Best Actress for Chutney at the Jio Filmfare Short Film Awards.
Manoj Bajpai won the Best Actor for his character as a constable in ‘Taandav‘.
The state government of Kerala has been directed by the Supreme Court to pay Rs.500 crore as
compensation to 5,000 victims suffering various types of deformities, health issues and other
complication due to the use of Endosulfan pesticides in the state.
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has proposed draft
rules Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Dog Breeding and Marketing Rules, 2017), to regulate
dog breeding centres in the country.
The world’s first ‘Gender Literature Festival’ is scheduled to be held in Patna, Bihar in the second
week of April, 2017.
The Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu presented the Power Budget with
strategy to focus on addressing the purchase liability and put reforms as the core agenda for the
power sector.
The first and only underwater sculpture museum of Europe, Museo Atlantico, has been
inaugurated off the Canary Island coast of Lanzarote.
NITI Aayog has projected the India’s GDP growth rate of 8 Percent for 2016-17 based on the
appraisal document for the Twelfth Five-Year Plan.
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation
(CDSCO) under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to test cosmetic products containing
microbeads and submit a report in four weeks.

India’s space agency ISRO will launch a record 103 satellites including 3 foreign satellite, at one
go on a single rocket in the first week of February 2017 which will be a major feat not attempted
by any country.
The International Conference on ‘Disability Communication: Perspectives and Challenges in the

21st Century (ICDC-2017)’ held in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
The “Festival of India” will be organised by Ghana from January 25 to March 16, 2017.
United Kingdom has become the first country in the world to officially recognise parkour as a
sport.
The Government of India has increased the minimum monthly pension to Rs. 9,000 per person.
Retail inflation fell to a nearly 3-year low of 3.41 % in December 2016, from 3.63 % in November
2016.
Global unemployment is expected to rise by 3.4 million in 2017 despite a likely modest pick-up in
economic growth at 3.4% this year and 3.6% in 2018, against a six-year low of 3.1% in 2016, a new
report by the International Labour Organisation.
Allaying fears of a slowdown following demonetisation, the country's industrial production grew
5.7% in November 2016, compared to a contraction of 3.4% in November 2015.
State-run NTPC has signed a non-binding agreement with Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan
Nigam Ltd and Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd to take over Chhabra Thermal Power Plant.
Mahindra Asset Management Company Pvt. Ltd (MAMCPL) launched an open-ended scheme
Mahindra Mutual Fund Dhan Sanchay Yojna scheme to generate long-term returns through
investment in equity and debt.
Moving ahead with the strategic sale of Pawan Hans, the government sell its entire 51% stake
and transfer the management control of the helicopter service operator. Pawan Hans is a joint
venture where state-owned ONGC holds 49%.
XCMG, a China-headquartered global construction machinery company, will invest ₹150 million
in a new manufacturing unit in India for construction and material-handling machines.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has signed a 1-trillion yen, about 8.7 billion dollars, aid
package over the next five years to the Philippines, meant to improve economic and political
relations between the two island nations.

Consulate General of India in Dubai has announced launch of the 'Diplomats Cricket
Championship Cup' in association with the Skyline University College, Sharjah, to promote
sportsmanship, camaraderie, and harmonious relationship among the diplomatic missions of
UAE.
India and Portugal signed 7 MoUs in New Delhi during seven-day long official visit of the Prime
Minister of Portugal, Antonio Costa.
Russia has amended its laws permitting lot of their Original Equipment Manufacturers
(OEMs) to enter into long-term agreements for spares and support for military equipment
supplied to India.
The State Election Commission (SEC) of Uttar Pradesh has decided to include, for the first time,
voter’s list printed in Urdu which was so far only printed in Hindi and English.
The Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the first solar-powered boat of the
state water transport department, “Aditya”.
Russian health ministry has announced plans to ban the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after
2015 as a part of its effort to combat smoking from 2017 to 2022.
India successfully test-fired the Guided Pinaka Rocket from Launch Complex-III of
the Integrated Test Range (ITR) launch pad at Chandipur off coast Odisha.
President Barack Obama presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom (the highest US civilian
honour) to the Vice President of US Joe Biden.
Delhi has been declared free from H5N8 avian influenza commonly known as Bird Flu by the
Animal Husbandry Department of the Delhi government.
Hope Island located in Andhra Pradesh has become graveyard for Olive Ridleys turtles after the
wildlife wing of the Forest department have spotted 54 carcasses on the shores of Hope Island in
just one month.
The committee under the Chairmanship of former Finance Secretary Sumit Bose has recently
submitted report on Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) to the Ministry of Rural
Development (MoRD).
In Tamil Nadu, Pongal the harvest festival is celebrated with traditional gaiety and grandeur on
14 or 15 January of each year.
India is all set to get its first wax Madame Tussauds museum in June 2017 in Delhi unveils Wax
Figures of Amitabh Bachchan, Lady Gaga.

Ecuador has taken over from Thailand as chair of the Group of 77 which promotes the interests
of the 134 developing countries, it represents at the United Nations, including China.
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has announced Rs. 25 lakh ex-gratia payment to the
family of each of the four personnel gunned down by its jawan Balbir Singh in Aurangabad
district of Bihar after a tiff.
In line with Government of India's policy of implementing the vision for coastal shipping,
tourism and regional development, New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) has introduced Car
carrier service between Gujarat and Mangaluru.
American snack and beverage giant PepsiCo India has sold a 2.5 acre land parcel in the Central
suburb Chembur to The Wadhwa Group for ₹ 190-200 crore.
The United States has announced the end of a 20-year economic embargo on Sudan, lifting trade
and financial sanctions in an effort to foster ties with the Sudanese government.
The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog has called for a review of the
provisions of the Right To Education (RTE) Act that specifies that children who don’t perform
well cannot be held back up to class VIII regardless of his performance.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of US and Development Partnership

Administration (DPA) of the Ministry of External Affairs of India have signed an MoU for
collaboration in the fields of developmental activities and assist the third world countries.
India and Sri Lanka has signed an MoU for the construction of 3000 rain water harvesting
systems in northern Jaffna District of Sri Lanka at a cost of 30 crore Sri Lankan Rupees.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull signed an
upgraded defence agreement to boost cooperation between their militaries.
India based Budget carrier SpiceJet and US based aircraft manufacturer Boeing has signed a deal
worth $22 billion (Rs 150,000 crore) for the purchase of up to 205 aircraft.
The 2017 Crafoord Prize has been conferred upon two American and one Japenese scientists for
their fundamental discoveries in immune regulation. They will share the six million Swedish
krona, or $660,000, award.
A joint state was issued between Rwanda President Paul Kagame and Prime Minister Narendra
Modi at the Gujarat Global Investors Summit to raise the level of bilateral cooperation to a
strategic partnership. India extended a $120 million credit to bring over 41,190 hectares of

cultivable land under irrigation in the African country for the development of Export Targeted
Irrigated Agriculture Project.
The harvest festival of Magh Bihu was celebrated in Assam.
The American SpaceX rocket company has resumed flights, launching a Falcon 9 vehicle from
the Vandenberg Air Force Base on the California coast.
Digital Dakiya scheme was inaugurated in Madhya Pradesh to encourage cashless transactions.
Two-day annual camel festival held in Bikaner, Rajasthan.
Rabi crops have been sown in around six crore 16 lakh hectares which is about 35 lakh hectares
more than last year.
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has decided to lower broker fees by 25 per cent to
15 rupees per transaction of one crore rupees.
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the umbrella organisation for all retail payment
systems in the country has declared Rs. 54.90 crore worth of prize money to over 3.42 lakh
winners of NITI Aayog’s Lucky Draw Schemes for consumers and merchants.
Jio Filmfare Awards 2017: Best Film: Dangal, Best Actor (male): Aamir Khan, Best Actor (female):
Alia Bhatt, Best Director: Nitesh Tiwari (Dangal). Shatrughan Sinha presented with the Lifetime
Achievement Award.
Border Security Force (BSF) has launched its 14 day operation Sard Hawa at the western
international border of Rajasthan, to check the instances of infilteration due to the dense fog in
the area.
The first edition of the ABU International Television Dance Festival (AIDF) organized by
the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) in Hyderabad.
BSNL has launched its Customer Acquisition and Customer Communication Management
(CACMS) project that aims to digitalize business process to ensure faster service, accurate
customer responses and customer satisfaction.
The Commerce Secretary has launched a mobile app named ‘SEZ India‘ for Special Economic
Zones (SEZs).
According to a new study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Texas University
researchers have discovered that the widely used Indian spice named Long Pepper has the
potential to be used as a cancer treatment drug.

Tamil Nadu government lead by O.Panneerselvam has launched a mobile application ‘Pinakin’
to provide information of famous destinations in Tamil Nadu.
The International conference for peace talks between Israel and Palestinians will be held in
Paris, France.
Timothy Gonsalves committee has recommended reservation for girl students in IITs to address
the issue of slump in the number of female students entering the prestigious institutes.
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