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CONTENTS
BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS ..............................................................................................................................................................................3
CURRENT RATES ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................3
INDIA’S GROWTH PREDICTION ......................................................................................................................................................................................3
RBI IN NEWS............................................................................................................................................................................................................................4
SBI IN NEWS..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6
OTHER BANK IN NEWS ......................................................................................................................................................................................................7
APPS/CARDS LAUNCHED BY FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS.............................................................................................................................8
LOANS/FUNDS SANCTIONED BY BANKS ...................................................................................................................................................................9
APPOINTMENTS .................................................................................................................................................................................................................12
INDIAN AFFAIRS ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................16
FIRST IN INDIA ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................16
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST: .....................................................................................................................................................................................18
STATEWISE NEWS .............................................................................................................................................................................................................18
CABINET APPROVALS ......................................................................................................................................................................................................20
BILL /Acts PASSED ............................................................................................................................................................................................................21
SCHEMES ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22
LAUNCHES/INAUGURATIONS......................................................................................................................................................................................24
CAMPAIGN .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................25
FESTIVAL ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................25
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS..................................................................................................................................................................................................25
First in the world ................................................................................................................................................................................................................25
Largest,Longest,Lightest in World ..............................................................................................................................................................................26
VISIT ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................26
INDIAN VISIT ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................26
FOREIGN VISITS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................29
SUMMITS/CONFERENCE IN NEWS .................................................................................................................................................................................38
COMMITTEES & MEETING IN NEWS ..............................................................................................................................................................................41
MOU’s & AGREEMENTS.........................................................................................................................................................................................................41
INDEX ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................47
RANKING ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................47
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS ................................................................................................................................................................................................48
Recognitions .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................58
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APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS...............................................................................................................................................................................................58

Other important Appointments ...................................................................................................................................................................................70
Resignation............................................................................................................................................................................................................................70
BUSINESS.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................70
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ....................................................................................................................................................................................................72
SATELLITES ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................80
INVENTIONS .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................81
DEFENCE .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................81
MISSILES.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................81
COMMISSION/DECOMMISSION ...................................................................................................................................................................................82
EXERCISES .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................82
SPORTS .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................84
BOOKS & AUTHORS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................92
OBITUARY ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................93
IMPORTANT DAYS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................96
BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS

CURRENT RATES
Policy rates 2nd bi-monthly in June 3rd bimonthlyin 4th bi-monthly in
6th 2018 August 1,2018 October,2018
Repo Rate 6.25% 6.50% 6.50%
Reverse Repo Rate 6.0% 6.25% 6.25%
Marginal Standing 6.5% 6.75% 6.75%
Facility (MSF)
Bank Rate 6.5% 6.75% 6.75%
Reserve Ratios:
Cash Reserve Ratio 4% 4% 4%
(CRR)
Statutory Liquidity 19.5% 19.5% 19.5%
Ratio (SLR)
INDIA’S GROWTH PREDICTION

Organization Predictions
World Bank 7.3% for FY19 & 7.5% in
FY20(Released on Oct 8th
,2018)
Fitch 7.8% 2018-19(Released on
21st September ,2018)
UN World Economic 7.6% in FY 18-19(Released
Situation and Prospects on May 17th ,2018)
(WESP)
Asian Development Bank( 7.3% in 2018-19 & 7.6% in
ADB) 2019-20(Released on July
19th,2018)
International Monetary 7.3% in 2018-19 & 7.5% in
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Fund’s (IMF’s) 2019-2020(Released on

July 16th,2018)
Moody’s investor service 7.5% in 2018-19,7.5% in
2019-20(Released on 23rd
August,2018)
Confederation of Indian 7.3%-7.7% in 2018-
Industry (CII) 19(Released on 28th
May,2018)
Deutsche Bank 7.5% in 2018(Released on
29th April,2018)
Organisation for Economic 7.4%in 2018-19 & 7.5% in
Cooperation and 2019-20(Released on 17th
Development (OECD) July,2018)
Monetary Policy 7.4% 2018-19(Released on
Committee(MPC) 1st August,2018)
FICCI (Federation of Indian 7.4% in 2018(With
Chambers of Commerce and Minimum of 7.1% and
Industry) Maximum of
7.5%)(Released on 18th
August,2018)
Morgan Stanley 7.5 % 2018-19(Released
on 2nd August,2018)
India Ratings 7.2%(Released on 16th
August,2018)
National Council of Applied 7.4% 2018-19(Released on
Economic Research (NCAER) 27th August,2018)
United Nations Conference on 7% in 2018 and 6.2% in
Trade and Development 2017(September 27,2018)
(UNCTAD)
RBI IN NEWS
OCTOBER:
 RBI approved formation of ‘Kerala Bank’ having Rs 650 bn in deposits
 Rs. 36,000 cr to be injected into system through purchase of govt bonds: RBI
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased lenders’ single borrower exposure limit for Non-Banking
Financial Companies (NBFCs) -from 10% to 15% of capital funds, until 31st December 2018.
 RBI laid down norms for the efficient functioning of Central Counterparties (CCPs).These
norms provide framework for guaranteed settlement services in the markets offered by them
and lessen counterparty risks.
 RBI issued guidelines for operating Electronic Trading Platforms (ETPs) to transact in eligible
instruments. Trading on electronic platforms is being encouraged across the world as it
enhances pricing transparency, processing efficiency & risk control.
 RBI released operational guidelines to facilitate payments among prepaid instruments (PPI)
such as mobile wallets. Inter-operability among mobile wallets, & between bank account & e-
wallet would be enabled through the UPI system.
SEPTEMBER:
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved PayU India to operate its own NBFC.
 RBI amended Reserve Bank of India (Note Refund) Rules, 2009-renamed to The Reserve Bank
of India (Note Refund) Amendment Rules, 2018.
 Reserve Bank of India directed-to appoint- internal ombudsman-for banks having more than
10 branches- under section 35 A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
 RBI- cancelled- Rajasthan-based Bhilwara Mahila Urban Co-operative Bank.
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 RBI imposed a penalty of Rs 5 crore on Karur Vysya Bank for non-compliance of its directives.
 RBI barred Bandhan Bank from opening new branches & also ordered freezing of the bank's
CEO salary over failure to stick to shareholding rules.
 RBI allowed banks to dip further into statutory cash reserves to ease a liquidity squeeze
afflicting the nation’s money markets. As per the RBI, banks could 'carve out' up to 15% of
holdings under the SLR reserves to meet their liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) requirements as
compared to 13% now.
 Government doubled the monetary limit to 20 lakh rupees for filing loan recovery application
in the Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRT) by banks and financial institutions.
AUGUST:
 RBI’s deadline of NPA resolution for 180 days- given an extension of 15days to resolve stressed
project.
 Inward remittances for 2016-17- United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the top source of inward
remittances- Kerala has received the maximum funds sent from abroad.
 RBI-approved- Mauritius-based SBM Group- It is the first such bank to get such approval.
 RBI will transfer Rs. 50,000 crore of its surplus money to the government, the highest since
2015-16, in a partial relief for the latter struggling to replenish public sector banks.
JULY:
 RBI-announced-to buy-Rs 10,000 crore of government bonds through open market operation
(OMO).
 Nearly two dozen Banks & Financial Institutions, including SBI & LIC, signed the inter-creditor
agreement (ICA) framework to speed up the resolution of stressed assets which are under the
500-crore rupee bracket. The framework is part of the Project SASHAKT. The objective is to
resolve stressed assets fast, & will primarily focus on NPAs in the 50 crore to 500 crore
bracket.
 Sunil Mehta Committee, set up to look into the faster resolution of stressed assets,
recommended the creation of an asset management company for the resolution of stressed
loans worth more than Rs. 500 crores. It recommended a five-pronged strategy Project
'SASHAKT' to deal with Non-Performing Assets in the country's banking system.
 Mehta Committee also proposed a Bank Led Resolution Approach (BLRA) for loans between Rs
50 & Rs 500 crore-to implement a resolution plan in 180 days.
 Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India notified the IBBI (Insolvency Resolution Process for
Corporate Persons) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2018. IBBI has mandated that a
resolution professional should determine whether a corporate debtor indulged in fraudulent
transactions within a specified time period during the resolution process.
JUNE:
 Financial Literacy week - June 4 to June 8 2018;Theme- RBI as : Consumer Protection
 RBI amended Gold Monetisation Scheme;Interest rate-2.25% to 2.5%.
 RBI-allowed foreign portfolio investors (FPIs)-invest in treasury bills issued by the central
government.
 RBI- Increased- priority sector lending -For metropolitan areas:from Rs 28 lakh to Rs 35
lakh;Other areas:from Rs.20 lakh to Rs.25 lakh.
 RBI- Proposed- minimum 40% loan- working capital funding-Rs.150 crore
 RBI increased the FPIs cap on investment in government securities to 30% of the outstanding
stock of that security, from the 20%.
 RBI tells banks to upgrade software at ATMs by June 2019 or face penalty.
 RBI licensed Bank of China to operate in India. It will be the second Chinese bank to be
operating in the country.
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New Currency Notes Issued by RBI

Currency Series Dimensions Base colour Motif (image on
banknote the note)
100 rupee Mahatma 66 mmX142 mm Lavender Rani Ki Vav
note Gandhi
10 rupee note (New) 63 mmX123 mm Chocolate Sun Temple
Series Brown
200 rupee 66 mmX146 mm Bright yellow Sanchi Stupa
note
500 rupee 66mmX150mm Stone grey Red Fort
note
2,000 rupee 66mmX166mm Magenta Mangalyaan
note
50 rupee note 66 mmX135 mm
Fluorescent Hampi with
blue Chariot
• The changes in the rates of the schemes are as follows:
Scheme New interest Time
rate
Savings Deposit 4.0 Annually
1 year Time Deposit 6.9 Quarterly
2 year Time Deposit 7 Quarterly
5 year Recurring 7.3 Quarterly
Deposit
5 year Senior Citizen 8.7` Quarterly and paid
Savings Scheme
5 year Monthly 7.7 Monthly and paid
Income Account
5 year National 8 Annually
Savings Certificate
Public Provident 8 Annually
Fund Scheme
Kisan Vikas Patra 7.7 (will Annually
mature in
112 months)
Sukanya Samriddhi 8.5 Annually
Account Scheme
SBI IN NEWS
OCTOBER:
 SBI halved the withdrawal limit from Rs. 40,000 to Rs. 20,000 per day for debit cards of the
‘Classic’ and ‘ Maestro’ platfroms.
 SBI signed MoU with Kathmandu-based National Banking Institute
SEPTEMBER:
 SBI inaugurated- e-facilitation and e-corner facility - Indian army veterans at the Army
Complex near Fort William in Kolkata.
 SBI increased its benchmark lending rate or MCLR by 0.2% across all tenors up to three years.
AUGUST:
 SBI-Signed with- Reliance Jio Infocomm- Yono with MyJio application.
 SBI-invest- Rs 80 billion in the 900 megawatt (MW) Arun III hydropower project of Nepal.
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 SBI-Most trusted Public and Private Sector Bank;ICICI-Most trusted Private Sector Bank by
Trust Research Advisory’s Brand Trust Report 2018.
JULY:
 SBI-Launch- Kisan Mela outreach program for farmers- help in imparting financial literacy to
the farmers.
 SBI & NABARD-joined-to provide collateral-free credit in Telangana.
OTHER BANK IN NEWS

OCTOBER:
 State Bank of Mauritius’ India operations hit by cyber fraud-total loss incurred is USD 14
million.
 Indian Overseas Bank- call option on bonds totaling Rs.655 crore-approved by RBI.
 Asian Development Bank (ADB)- launched its first Trade Finance Scorecard- to address
market and boost trade finance.
 HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company - E@Secure’, a Cyber Insurance Policy for
individuals-Launched.
 India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)- launched- with capital of Rs 14.35 billion –in
NewDelhi.Partnered with PNB and Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance for third-party products like
loans and insurance. IPPB has 650 Branches & 3250 Access Points spread across the country.
 Government proposed amalgamation of Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank, & Dena Bank to create
India’s 3rd largest globally competitive Bank.
AUGUST:
 Axis Securities(first bank subsidiary)-launched-commodity broking services with MCX.
 Punjab National Bank- as number one state-owned bank- digital transactions.
 Sarvatra Technologies-‘Sevalia Urban Co-operative Bank’-450th co-operative bank
on National Financial Switch (NFS).
 Insurers DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance and Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co- partnership
with SVC Co-operative Bank Limited.
 Vikas Bonanza 456: Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB)- interest rate of 7.10 per cent for
public and 7.60 per cent for senior citizens.
 Ujjivan Small Finance Bank launched an overdraft (OD) facility for micro & small enterprise
(MSE) customers. OD facility is offered to all MSEs with a turnover of Rs 50 lakh or more.
JULY:
 Oxigen and Fincare Small Finance Bank signed an agreement- using Oxigen’s flagship Point of
Sale device called the Oxigen Micro ATM Super PoS.
 The Finance Ministry has approved capital infusion of Rs 11,336 crore in 5 public sector banks.
The 5 banks are : Punjab National Bank (PNB), Andhra Bank , Corporation Bank, Indian
Overseas Bank and Allahabad Bank.
 HDFC securities- launched Mutual Funds transactional capabilities
on Facebook Messenger through their virtual assistant, Arya.
 International Finance Corporation (IFC)(World Bank Member)- $100 million –in Mahindra &
Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (M&M).
 Airtel Payments Bank received requisite approvals from RBI to begin taking new customers.
Also, Aadhaar-issuing authority UIDAI has allowed it to use the 12-digit unique identification
number-based e-KYC.
JUNE:
 Citi Bank- first corporate bank - UK’s Open Banking regime.It is the first bank “Payment
Initiation Service Provider”.
 YES Bank Launched new deposit scheme-‘Green Future : Deposit” to fetch Rs. 1000 crore.
 Jana Small Finance Bank (formerly Janalakshmi Financial Services) commenced its banking
operation.
 Equitas Small Finance Bank-‘Yellow Army Savings Account’
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APPS/CARDS LAUNCHED BY FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS

Launched by Apps/Cards/Portals Purpose
Boost MobiKwik Loans of upto Rs 60,000 in 90 seconds.
PayPal for Business PayPal This will help small/medium merchants and
freelancers conduct their domestic and cross
border business.
KVB-Next and KVB- KVB These would simplify retail and corporate loan
Dlite processing and account opening for customers.
HSBC MyDeal To simplify capital raising process through capital
markets by offering real-time access to
information like investors’ feedback, profiles,
client orders and deal pricing.
SBI MOPAD(Multi Option It is a Point of Sale (PoS) terminal that will
Payment Acceptance allow to facilitate transactions from cards
Device) to QR code based payments.
Karnataka Bank KBL Deposit Only This card is meant for Bank's Current/Overdraft
Card customers.This would ensure hassle free cash
deposit transactions at Bank’s 24x7 e-Lobby
Services.
Co-founder of Citrus Cube Wealth The app used to sweep funds between bank a/cs
Mr. Satyen Kothari and Mutual Funds.
Paytm My Payments An automatic recurring payments feature that lets

users of Paytm app to pay for periodic recurring
expenses
Indian Bank Bharat QR It is a mobile payment collection scheme to accept
digital payments. Using this scheme, a merchant
will receive Bharat QR sticker. This will enable
customers to make payments through the QR
facility.
Paytm 'Paytm for Business' To enable merchants to track payments, view past
in Tamilnadu collections and make settlements instantly
DCB Bank “DCB Remit”, Using DCB Remit, any resident Indian can register
online and send money to 20 countries DCB Remit
has been introduced in collaboration with
Avenues Payments.
ICICI Bank ‘InstaOD’ Instant overdraft facility for MSME (Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises) customers which can be
availed online without visiting a branch and
submitting physical documents.
Kotak Mahindra voicebot ‘Keya’ The first artificial intelligence-powered voicebot
Bank in Indian banking sector. It is powered by Nuance
Delhi Metro, in Metro Plus' debit card It will enable customers of indusind bank to use it
association with for metro train rides as well as for all other
IndusInd Bank regular debit card transactions
Bank of America Erica Its chatbot that can help customers check
balances, remind about bills and answer bank-
related questions
IndusInd Bank MOGO, a musical logo To build its brand image through music and sound
for brand experiences and audience connection.
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Equitas Small ‘selfeSavings’, an This account can be opened with the web-based
Finance Bank interactive digital interactive video form hosted on Equitas’s
savings account website by using Aadhaar number, PAN and other
basic details.
National Payments WhatsApp BHIM UPI
Corporation of India
(NPCI)
Andhra Pradesh first desktop ATM operationalised at Kasibugga in Mandi Bazar in
Grameena Vikas Warangal, Telangana. It is specifically meant for
Bank (APGVB) rural customer who typically has small cash
Nearby needs.
Technologies Private
Limited has tied up PayNEARBY- to A retailer can now become an Aadhaar
with Yes Bank provide Aadhaar- ATM/Aadhaar Bank branch for cash withdrawals
enabled cardless and and deposits by a customer by using PayNEARBY
pinless ATM service mobile application on a smart phone.
SBI SBI Intelligent A smart chat assistant that efficiently resolves

Assistant. queries of NRI customers .
Innovation Centre Will explore AI Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
to make banking process more efficient.
Bank of Baroda Baroda Brainy artificial intelligence robot.
Digital Lab hi-tech digital branch equipped with advanced
gadgets.
Allahabad Bank emPower app App will have Chatbot and artificial intelligence
based e-commerce payments.
MOU’S/AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY BANKS

SEPTEMBER:
 ICICI Bank & HealthAssure-Signed-to offer healthcare services to NRIs customers of the bank.
 India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) signed a 5-year Corporate Agency Agreement with Bajaj
Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (BALIC)- to offer life insurance products to its consumers.
AUGUST:
 Exim Bank of India-MoU- BRICS- collaboration in Blockchain Techonology.
 HDFC Life Insurance and Vijaya Bank – MoU-to sell the insurer’s products.
JULY:
 SBI & NABARD joined hands to provide collateral-free credit through Joint Liability Groups
(JLGs) in Telangana.
JUNE:
 Pakistan and the World Bank –Signed Agreement-$565 million to help build and support the
projects in power and water sectors.
LOANS/FUNDS SANCTIONED BY BANKS

Loan issued Received by Amount Points to be noted
Asian Development Bank Government of India $150 million To finance regional
(ADB) connectivity projects in North
Bengal and North
Eastern states.
Asian Development Bank Asian Development $100 million sewage and water
(ADB) Bank (ADB) treatment in Kolkata
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Asian Development Bank Asian Development $110 million To Improve Rural Connectivity
(ADB) Bank (ADB) in Madhya Pradesh
World Bank Uttarakhands US$74 million For Uttrakhand Workforce
Development Project (UKWDP)
NABARD State and Central Rs 65,634.93 For 93 prioritised irrigation
Government crore projects under Pradhan Mantri
Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY)
through long term irrigation
fund (LTIF)
NABARD West Bengal Rs 335 crore It will be used for 158 minor
irrigation projects and 23 flood
protection projects.
World Bank Shimla Rs. 929.89 crore For Shimla water supply and
sewerage project
German Development Government of India 120 mn soft Clean Ganga Mission

Bank KfW loan
Asian Development Bank Government of India $346 million Karnataka State Highways
(ADB) lmprovement lll Project
(KSHIP-lll)
World Bank Government of India $250 million Development Policy Loan

(DPL) for Rajasthan
Asian Development Bank Government of $375 million To double farming

(ADB) India incomes in Madhya Pradesh
IBRD of World Bank Government of $300 million For the India Energy Efficiency
India Scale-Up Program in Delhi
NABARD Haryana Rs 722 crore These projects will supply

water to 256 villages and 72
hamlets.
RBI Telengana Rs.5400 crore For Implementing ‘Rythu

Governement Bandhu’ Program.
International Monetory Srilanka $252 million This loan is a part of a deal of

Fund (IMF) amount $1.5 billion that was to
be loaned by the IMF to
SriLanka.
World Bank Government of India Rs. 6000 crore For the implementation of Atal
Bhujal Yojana.The priority
areas are : Gujarat, Haryana,
Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh,
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Maharashtra, Rajasthan and

Uttar Pradesh .
International Bank for Government of US$ 420 million to benefit Small and Marginal
Reconstruction and Maharashtra farmers in the Marathwada and
Development (IBRD) Vidarbha regions of
Maharashtra.
World Bank Bangladesh $700 million The Quality Learning for All
Program (QLEAP) will cover
more than 18 million children
studying in pre-primary level
to grade 5.
World Bank Government of India $ 200 million For Implementing National
Nutrition Mission (POSHAN
Abhiyaan).
Asian Infrastructure Government of USD $ 140- This project is co-financed by
Investment Bank (AIIB Madhya Pradesh Million the World Bank. It aims to
improve the rural road
connectivity and management
for residents of nearly 5,640
villages
Asian Development Bank Uttarakhand Rs 1700 crore to give an aid of to which will
(ADB) be utilised for creation of
infrastructural facilities, sewer
treatment plants and water
supply facilities in urban areas
of Uttarakhand.
Asian Development Bank Madhya Pradesh $375 million For a project to improve
irrigation in Madhya Pradesh
and help increase farmer’s
income.
NABARD Arunachal Pradesh. Rs 87.83 lakh For implementing LED Solar
Street lighting System
World Bank Government of $210 million signed a loan agreement for the
Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Rural
Connectivity Project
World Bank India USD 48 million a loan agreement worth for the
"Meghalaya Community - Led
Landscapes Management
Project (MCLLMP)"
National Bank for Uttar Pradesh (UP) Rs 10012 crore to facilitate overall
Agriculture and Rural development in the state with
Development (NABARD) special focus on agricultural
credit. The funds were
provided.Rs 8450 crore
released to commercial
banks, Regional Rural Banks
and Cooperative Banks
European Investment Indian Renewable 150 million Inked a agreement for a second
Bank (EIB) Energy Euros loan line of credit (loc) which is for
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Development tenure of 15 years and includes

Agency (IREDA) a grace period of three years
Asian Development Indian Government $120 million The third tranche of $500
Bank (ADB) loan million multi-tranche financing
facility for the Railway Sector
Investment Program approved
by the ADB Board in 2011
Asian Development Government $80 million To modernize technical and
Bank (ADB) of India vocational education and
training (TVET) institutions in
State of Himachal Pradesh .
National Bank for Rural Infrastructure Rs 372.51 crore for irrigation and rural bridge
Agriculture and Rural Development Fund projects
Development (NABARD) (RIDF)
International Finance Mahindra $440 million to build the Rewa solar park in
Corporation (IFC) Renewables Pvt. Ltd, Madhya Pradesh
Acme Group and
global private equity
fund Actis Llp
State Government of World Bank 120 million for Uttarakhand Water Supply
Uttarakhand dollar Program for Peri-Urban Areas.
Asian Development Bank Indian Government USD 250 million loan agreement for
(ADB) construction of all-weather
roads in five Indian states
under Pradhan Mantri Gram
Sadak Yojana
NABARD Rural Infrastructure Rs 735.53 crore These include 6 solar power, 1
Development Fund medium irrigation, 5 minor
(RIDF) for West irrigation and 12 flood
Bengal protection projects, 57 projects
for the widening and
strengthening of roads and 5
rural bridges.
APPOINTMENTS
National
Name Appointed As Entity/Place Points To Be Noted
Radhakrishnan nair Additional (independent) ICICI bank
director
M D Mallya Additional (independent) ICICI bank His appointment comes a
director onth before the icici bank’s
chairman m k sharma
completes his term.
Sajeev Krishnan Additional Director Board of Dhanlaxmi
Bank
Charan singh Chairperson Punjab and sindh
bank
Vinay Razdan Chief human resources HDFC Bank
officer (CHRO)
Surendra Rosha CEO Hongkong and He will replace Jayant Rikhye
Shanghai Banking as CEO of HSBC India.
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Corporation
(HSBC)
Amitabh Chaudhry CEO and MD Axis Bank He will replace Shikha
Sharma
Vibha Padalkar CEO & MD HDFC Life She will Amitabh Chaudhary
Mrutyunjay Mahapatra CEO & MD Syndicate Bank
Padmaja Chundru CEO & MD Indian Bank
Pallav Mohapatra CEO & MD Central Bank of
India
J Packirisamy CEO & MD Andhra Bank
Karnam Shekhar CEO & MD Dena Bank
SS Mallikarjuna Rao CEO & MD Allahabad Bank
AS Rajeev CEO & MD Bank of
Maharashtra
Atul Kumar Goel CEO & MD UCO Bank
S Harisankar CEO & MD Punjab & Sind Bank
Ashok Kumar Pradhan CEO & MD United Bank of
India
Rishi Srivastava CEO & MD Tata AIA Life He will replace current Chief
Executive Officer Naveen
Tahilyani
Sunil Mehta Chairman Indian Banks’ Dinabandhu Mohapatra,
Association (IBA) Managing Director and
CEO, Bank of India, has been
elected as IBA’s Deputy
Chairman.
Subhash chandra Chairman Insurance He has held positions in
khuntia regulatory and hindustan petroleum
development corporation (hpcl) and indian
authority of india oil corporation (ioc) and has
also served as special
secretary and financial
advisor in the ministry of
petroleum and natural gas.
Tajinder Mukherjee Chairman and Managing National Insurance
Director (CMD) Company Limited
(NIC)
Ahmed Zackaria Chief Distribution Officer Aegon Life Vineet Arora is the MD and
Insurance CEO Aegon Life Insurance.
Imtaiyazur Rahman CEO UTI Mutual Fund
Prashant Kumar Chief Financial Officer State Bank of India He replaced Anshula
(CFO) Kant who has been promoted
as Managing Director of SBI.
Sudha balakrishnan Chief financial officer Reserve bank of Sudha balakrishnan was the
(CFO) india (RBI) vice-president of national
securities depository ltd
(nsdl).she is a chartered
accountant. She will be the
12th executive director of the
RBI.
Sandeep Bakhshi Chief Operating Officer ICICI Bank Sandeep Bakhshi Was The
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(COO) Md And Ceo Of Icici

Prudential Life
Insurance.Chanda Kochhar,
The Managing Director (MD)
& Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) Of Icici Bank Will Be
On Leave, Till The Enquiry
Ends.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Jain Deputy Governor RBI He Has Been Appointed As
For A 3 Year Term. He Will
Be Replacing Ss
Mundra Whose Tenure
Ended In July 2017.
Chanda Kochhar Director ICICI Securities
S Gurumurthy and Satish Directors(Part Time) Reserve Bank of They were appointed by
Marathe India Cabinet’s Appointments
Committee for a four-
year term.
K B Vijay Srinivas Director & GM United India
Insurance Company
S Gopakumar Director & GM United India Earlier, S Gopakumar was
Insurance Company Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer of GIC
Housing Finance Ltd.
Debashish Mukherjee Executive Director Canara Bank
Murali Ramaswami Executive Director Vijaya Bank
R Gandhi, Independent Director Electronic He Was Deputy Governor Of
Payment Services Rbi From 2014 To 2017. Eps
(EPS) Is A Retail Banking Tech-
Service Provider.
Mr. Samaresh Independent directors IDBI bank Mr.parida was a former
parida and Mr. N consultant and
jambunathan mr.jambunathan was
the former deputy managing
director of sbi.
Subhash Sheoratan Independent director Indiabulls Housing He is a former Deputy
Mundra Finance Governor of the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) till July
2017
Anup Maheshwari Joint Chief Executive IIFL Mutual Fund
Officer (CEO) and chief
investment officer (CIO)
Egon Zehnder Knowledge Partner Banks Board
International Bureau (BBB)
Anshula Kant Managing Director State Bank of India She replaced B Sriram, who
took over as the MD and
CEO of IDBI Bank.
Ashwani Bhatia MD & CEO SBI Mutual Fund She replaced Anuradha Rao
Rana Kapoor MD & CEO Yes Bank Subhash Chander Kalia As
Non-Executive Non-
Independent Director, Also
Approved The Re-
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Appointment Of Ajai Kumar

As Non-Executive Non-
Independent Director
And Rentala
Chandrashekhar And Pratima
Sheory As Independent
Directors For A Period Of 5
Years.
Arijit Basu Managing Director State Bank Of India He Served As Managing
Director Of Sbi Life Insurance
. As Per The Sbi Act, The Bank
Can Have Four Managing
Directors.
Rakesh Sharma Managing Director (MD) IDBI Bank Rakesh Sharma replaces B
Sriram
Sandeep Bakhshi MD and CEO ICICI Bank He replaces Chanda Kochhar
Satish Kumar Gupta MD and CEO Paytm Payments He Succeeds Renu Satti
Bank
Prashant Tripathy Managing Director Max Life Insurance He Succeeds Rajesh Sud
PS Jayakumar Managing Director & Chief Bank of Baroda Prior to this, he was the MD
Executive Officer & CEO of VBHC Value Home
Pvt Ltd till August 2015.
Anubrata biswas Managing director and Airtel payments Anubrata biswas has
chief executive officer bank succeeded shashi arora as
md & ceo of airtel payments
bank. Shashi arora resigned
in december 2017 after the e-
kyc controversy.earlier,
anubrata biswas was joint
general manager and retail
business head - south india
for icici bank.
Chandra Shekhar Ghosh Managing Director and Bandhan Bank
CEO
Uday Kotak Managing Director and Kotak Mahindra
Chief Executive Officer Bank
Sanjeev Nautiyal MD and CEO SBI Life He replaces Arijit Basu
Insurance Company
Limited
Hardayal Prasad Managing Director and SBI Card
CEO
A.C. Rout MD and CEO Bank of
Maharashtra (BoM)
T Latha MD and CEO Dhanlaxmi Bank She will replace G
Sreeram, who has retired
from the office on July 1,
2018
Rakesh Jain and Sachin Member Southern local
Chaturvedi board and Eastern
local board of RBI.
Revathy Member Northern local
Iyer and Raghvendra board of RBI.
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Narayan Dubey
Gopalaraman Non-Executive Chairman Bank of India
Padmanabhan
Thothala Narayanasamy Non-Executive Chairman Canara Bank
Manoharan
Deepak Parekh Non-Executive Director HDFC J.J. Irani and Keki Mistry were
reappointment as directors
to HDFC’s board. Upendra
Kumar Sinha and Jalaj
Ashwin Dani were also
appointed as independent
directors.
Akila Krishnakumar and Nonexecutive independent IndusInd Bank
Anil Tiwari directors
S Gurumurthy and Satish Part-time directors Reserve Bank of RBI’s board now
Marathe India has 10 government-
appointed members.
Tapan ray Part Time Non-Official Central bank of
Director and Non india
Executive Chairman
International
Datuk nor Governor Bank negara She will replace tan sri muhammad
shamsiah malaysia (bnm) ibrahim who resigned on june 15 2018.
mohd yunus
Haruhiko Governor Bank of Japan
Kuroda
Pradeep Rao Head of HSBC He was previously HSBC's managing director
corporate in of Asia-Pacific consumer and retail sector.
South-east Asia
for global
banking
Resignation:
 Paresh Sukthankar resigned from HDFC Bank’s deputy managing director position.
 On August 14, 2018, Allahabad Bank‘s MD and CEO Usha Ananthasubramanian was fired on
her last day in office.She has been named in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
chargesheet in the Rs 14,000 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud.
 National Housing Bank (NHB) Managing Director Sriram Kalyanaraman Resigned.
INDIAN AFFAIRS
FIRST IN INDIA
OCTOBER:
 Country’s first methanol-based cooking fuel rolled out by Namrup-based Assam
Petrochemicals Limited (APL) in Assam.
 National Dolphin Research Centre (NDRC), India’s and Asia’s first such centre would be soon
opened on the banks of river Ganga river in the Patna,Bihar.
 India’s First Domestic Cruise- ‘Angriya’- flagged off from Mumbai-ship is named after the first
 Admiral of the Maratha Navy, Kanhoji Angre, popularly known as the 'Shivaji of the Indian Sea'.
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 First India-Israel Innovation Centre -in Bengaluru

 BPCL To Set Up Country's 1st Biofuel Plant in Odisha
SEPTEMBER:
 3-day ‘First ever’ India Tourism Mart (ITM 2018)- New Delhi- inaugurated by Shri Piyush
Goyal.
 First ‘smart fence’ pilot project- Indo-Pak border- headquarters in Ploura, Jammu.
 First time in India- dedicated dog park – Hyderabad- cost of Rs 1.1 crore.
 India’s first underwater robotic drone –EyerovTUNA - handed over to the Naval Physical and
Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) of DRDO.
 First indigenous medical kit-developed by Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences
(INMAS)-to protect from nuclear warfare or radioactive leakage.
 First tribal tourism circuit- Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh.
 India’s first ocean surveillance and missile tracking ship :VC 11184.
 First 205T Electric Drive Rear Dump Truck (Model BH205-E)-Launched by BEML.
 First Airport-Bengaluru International Airport-To implement Facial recognition facility.
 National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI): India’s first railway varsity starts operations
in Vadodara.
 First Global Mobility Summit-NewDelhi. Click here to read more.
AUGUST:
 India’s first biofuel-powered flight from Dehradun to Delhi –On its Bombardier Q400
turboprop aircraft.
 First edition of NABARD All India Financial Inclusion Survey (NAFIS). Click here to Read more .
 (First)Fabless Chip Design Incubator (FabCI)- focuses on developing an ecosystem for
supporting startups in chip design.
 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)-First Public Sector Unit- to transact on RXIL Trade
Receivable e-Discounting System (TReDS) platform.
 ISRO’s Aditya-L1 mission- first mission to study the solar corona.
 Chhattisgarh-first State- to provide Right to Skills Development to the youth.
 First scientific and most modern national wildlife genetic resource bank for conservation of
Endangered Species- Hyderabad.
 Santhali: India’s first tribal language to get own Wikipedia edition in its own Ol Chiki script.
 Axis bank - first bank -Iris Scan Authentication feature for Aadhaar -based transactions.
 ‘One District one Product’ Summit- to boost trade of the MSMEs- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
 Rashmi: India’s first humanoid robot- speaks Hindi, Bhojpuri, Marathi-developed by Ranjit
Srivastava.
 B-Hub(biotech and pharma facility)-in Telangana.
 India’s first Blockchain district-in Telengana- at the International Blockchain Congress 2018.
 India’s first National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) for Women Launched by Dharmendra
Pradhan in Mohali.
 India's first Biofuel-Powered flight lands in Delhi
 STA-1: India becomes first South Asian country to get access to US cutting-edge
technology.
 India’s First ISTS connected Wind Power Project Commissioned, a part capacity of 126 MW
wind power
 India’s first biofuel flight was powered by jatropha seeds
JULY:
 PRANAM Act : Country’s first of a kind act launched by Assam Government to not let the
employess neglect their loved ones.
 ‘Mizo Hnahthlak’ - first international festival of Mizoram- in Aizawl, Mizoram.
 SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting)- Quality and Weather Forecast
System- Chandni Chowk in Delhi
 First state-of-the-art e-waste recycling unit-Bengaluru.
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 Wagon Cab's taxi ambulance - India's first road emergency cab services provider.
 Himachal Pradesh -First state in the country to ban plastic and polythene carry bags in 2009.
 India's first Internet telephony service named "Wings"-by BSNL.
 Indian Air Force - first time-participate in Exercise Pitch Black 2018 (PB-18).
 India's first tribal queen(Adi Rani 2018)- Pallavi Darua-Held in Orissa.
 First Defence Incubator- Hyderabad- Initial corpus of Rs.100 crore.
 “Peace Mission”-first time since Independence that India and Pakistan will both be part of a
military exercise in Russia.
 Indian naval ship INS Sumitra became the first-ever warship to enter port of Sabang in
Indonesia.
 Odisha to get country’s 1st Skill Training Centre-in Bhubaneswar, Odisha
 India’s 1st private UAV factory to come up in Kota
 Jharkhand To Set Up Country's 1st Khadi Mall
JUNE:
 Gujarat Government-Suryashakti Kisan Yojana (SKY)-by this farmers would use solar
energy for irrigation and they can sell the surplus power via grid-total cost Rs 870-crore .
 India’s first Advanced Forensic Lab “Sakhi Suraksha Advanced DNA Forensic Laboratory”-
Chandigarh- to address the gap in forensic analysis of pending sexual assault cases.
 India’s first superfast train-Deccan Queen express is also known as 'Queen of Deccan'- marked
88 years of service(Began Operation in 1st June 1930).
 Godikan panchayat in Haryana- first panchayat- to pass a resolution to marry girls only to
families that have a toilet in their house.
 India’s first robotic telescope- Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO) at Hanle in Ladakh.
 ‘Dhanush’ - India’s first indigenous , long range artillery gun-tested in Pokhran.
 Blast Furnace-1 ‘Parvati’ -first Blast Furnace of SAIL.
 Maharashtra- first state- to provide digitally-signed land record receipts.
 India Meteorological Department (IMD) will use flash flood guidance system for the first time
in the country to forecast floods .
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST:
OCTOBER:
 India's longest road and railway bridge -“Bogibeel bridge”- 4.94 km long linking Dibrugarh in
Assam to Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh.
 World's Tallest Statue(182-metre)-Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel-launched by Prime Minister-
Surat ,Gujarat-Total Cost Rs 3,050 crore.
 India’s largest Dry Dock –Launched in-Cochin Shipyard in Kerala.
 India-become-world’s third largest aviation market around 2024 –by IATA
 India's highest tricolour unfurled - Haj House in Mumbai.
 World’s Highest Railway Line-465 km line will be Rs 83,360 crore.
 India’s longest river bridge -on Brahmaputra river in Assam-total length of 19.3 kilometers
SEPTEMBER:
 Biggest cyclotron in India- Cyclone-30- in at VECC, Kolkata.
AUGUST:
 India’s largest Business Incubator-“Bhamashah Techno Hub”-Jaipur.
STATEWISE NEWS
OCTOBER:
 Shahi Litchi-from Bihar-Gets-GI Tag
 Uttar Pradesh Cabinet –approves-renaming of- Allahabad to Prayagraj
 Alphonso mango –from 5 Districts of Maharashtra-gets-GI Tag
 Niwari announced as 52nd district of Madya Pradesh
 India donates 3 lakh dollars for United Nations' peacekeeping initiative.
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 Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi went on a 1-day visit to Gujarat. Click here to read the
entire Visit.
SEPTEMBER:
 Odisha renamed- Jharsuguda airport to noted freedom fighter Veer Surendra Sai.
 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu flagged off the 'Swachh Dhara' programme
at Amravati to provide clean drinking water.
 Women and Child Development ministry of Goa launched a helpline service for women in distress
in the state.The helpline number is : 181.
 Gujarat Government has partnered with a top India-centric American advocacy group for
the 9th edition of ‘Vibrant Gujarat.
 Gujarat government increase in insurance cover compensation for farmers-more than Rs.70
crore.
AUGUST:
 Civil Aviation Ministry has approved a proposal for setting up of water aerodromes in the
country.
 Parijat Urja Chakra in collaboration with Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) organized a special
campaign at Fatehgarh village of Ambala in Haryana. It aims to create awareness about the ill
effects of crop residue burning and management.
 Cyclone Warning Centre to be set up in Thiruvananthapuram at Kerala.
 Kadaknath chicken meat from Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh gets GI tag
 Maharashtra Government announced a special assistance of Rs 500 crore for OBC
community to help them develop employment opportunities for the youth.
 Delhi Police has inducted India’s first all-woman Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)
team for anti-terrorist operations.
JULY:
 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone of
Amaravati International Sports Complex worth Rs 60 crore in Vijayawada.
 The Gujarat government gave approval for additional Rs 39 crore to develop infrastructure for
state's "Seema Darshan" or border tourism project at Nadabet near Suigam
in Banaskantha district in a meeting at Gandhinagar.
 The Haryana Education Department launched 'I am not afraid of English' initiative from Class
1 in the state's primary schools.
 Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar launched a campaign called ‘Paudhagiri’. The
aim is to increase the green cover of the state..
 Himachal Pradesh government has approved implementation of Market Intervention
Scheme (MIS) for procurement of apple.
 The Maharashtra government set up a seven-member expert panel to prepare guidelines
for surrogacy centres in the state. The seven-member committee headed by Vandana Krishna.
 Maharashtra government allocated Rs 15 crore for the implementation of a pension scheme for
senior journalists, called Acharya Balshastri Jambhekar Sanman Yojana.
JUNE:
 State government of Gujarat has launched a dedicated ambulance service for infants,with an
objective to prevent the death of newborns due to lack of emergency medical facilities in
health centres.This service is under the ‘Neonatal ambulance service project for inter-
hospital transfer’.
 Haryana government increased the upper age limit to enter into government service from 40
to 42 years.
 Kerela State Literacy Mission Authority has announced the launch of a ‘Water
Literacy’ campaign to create awareness about the importance and optimal use of the resource
and conservation in the state.
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 The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated and participate in a two-day
National Consultation on ‘Making Agriculture Sustainable and Profitable’, at Pune,
Maharashtra.
 A National Tribal Museum and a National Level Tribal Research Institute is proposed to be set
up at Delhi by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
 Odisha launched a health insurance scheme ‘ Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana’
for journalists.
CABINET APPROVALS
OCTOBER:
 Implementation of Indore Metro Rail Project. Implementation of Bhopal Metro Rail Project
comprising two corridors of total length 27.87 Km.
 Establishment of National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation in Sehore District instead of
Bhopal.
 The merger of National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) and the National Skill
Development Agency (NSDA) into the National Council for Vocational Education and Training
(NCVET).
SEPTEMBER:
 The cabinet has approved the new telecom policy-named National Digital Communications
Policy (NDCP) 2018-aims to attract USD 100 billion investment and create 4 million jobs in
the sector by 2022.
 Cabinet approved-100% Electrification of Railways by 2021-22 –Total Cost of Rs12,134
crore.
 Cabinet approved-Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)- to increase the wages of
artisans-by over 36%.
AUGUST:
 Chhattisgarh Cabinet approved the proposal to rename Naya Raipur as 'Atal Nagar'.
 Cabinet approves Raising of Extra Budgetary Resources (EBR) amounting up to Rs. 15,000
crore during the financial year 2018-19
 Cabinet approves Policy Framework for exploration and exploitation of Unconventional
Hydrocarbons
 Cabinet approves issue of fresh equity to the extent of 15% of the paid up equity capital by
Hindustan Copper Limited
 Cabinet approved creation of two posts equivalent to Joint Secretary level in the Interpreters’
cadre of the Ministry of External Affairs
 Cabinet approved transfer of Central Hospital at Karma, Jharkhand under the Labour Welfare
Organisation for setting up a new Medical College
 Cabinet approved construction of New 4 – Lane Bridge on Kosi river at Phulaut , Bihar
 Cabinet approved continuation and revision of “Post Matric Scholarship for OBC Students for
studying in India”.
JULY:
 Cabinet approves - renaming- Agartala Airport as Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore
Airport, Agartala.
 Cabinet approves DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2018
 Cabinet approves Umbrella Schemes for Relief and Rehabilitation of Migrants and Repatriates
 Cabinet approves renaming of Agartala Airport, Tripura as Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya
Kishore Airport, Agartala
 Cabinet approves extension of Scheme of Recapitalization of Regional Rural Banks upto 2019-
20.
 Cabinet approves creation of one post each of Vice-Chairperson and Member in the National
Commission for Safai Karamcharis
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 Cabinet approves Special Package for Irrigation Projects in Vidarbha, Marathwada and other
chronically drought prone areas of Rest of Maharashtra
 Cabinet approves Special Remission to Prisoners on the occasion of 150th Birth Anniversary of
Mahatma Gandhi
 Cabinet approves determination of Fair and Remunerative Price payable by Sugar Mills for
2018-19 sugar season.
JUNE:
 Union government –approved- Rs 8,000 crore aimed to provide relief to sugarcane farmers and
to clear their dues.
 Cabinet approves construction of a new 6 - Lane bridge with its approaches across River Ganga
at Phaphamau, Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh
 Cabinet approves measures to deal with the current crisis in the sugar sector worth Rs 7000
crore
 Cabinet Approves Dam Safety Bill, 2018;National Committee on Dam Safety to be built.
 Cabinet Approved monetization of 3.70 acres of land at Pragati Maidan for running of a Hotel
by a third party including private sector ; construction to be done by ITPO.
 Withdrawal of Nalanda University (Amendment) Bill, 2013 pending in Rajya Sabha for
reconsideration of previous provisions by the Governing board approved by Cabinet.
 Cabinet approved Three Year Action Plan of Agricultural Education Division & ICAR Institutes.
 Cabinet Approval of Additional share capital of M/s. HDFC Bank raised up to a maximum of Rs.
24,000 crore
 Cabinet approves enhancement of age of General Duty Medical Officers and members working
in Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre, Bhopal.
 Cabinet approves establishment of additional 6.5MMT Strategic Petroleum Reserves at
Chandikhol in Odisha and at Padur, Karnataka.
 Cabinet approves Mechanism to carry out the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme-
Revision of ethanol price for supply to Public Sector OMCs.
 Cabinet approves capital infusion of Rs.2000 crore in Export Credit Guarantee Corporation Ltd.
BILL /Acts PASSED

OCTOBER:
 Karnataka Good Samaritan and Medical Professional (Protection and Regulation during
Emergency Situations) Bill, 2016-launched in Karnataka(First State in the Country)- aims to
provide legal protection to the good samaritans in the state, who help accident victims with
emergency medical care.
 Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug-Offenders,
Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Land-Grabbers (Amendment) Bill, 2017- This will
replace the 1986 Act that had jurisdiction for the undivided Andhra Pradesh but not for
Telangana.
SEPTEMBER:
 Haryana Assembly passed two Bills. YMCA University of Science and Technology, Faridabad
(Amendment) Bills, 2018 and the Haryana Vishwakarma Skill University (Amendment) Bills,
2018.
 Haryana Vidhan Sabha passed the Haryana State Commission for Scheduled Castes Bill, 2018 for
development of the SC community to provide for the constitution of Commission for Scheduled
Castes in the state.
 Rajasthan Assembly passed the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2018
AUGUST:
 Arunachal Pradesh Assembly passed a bill for the creation of three new districts namely-
Pakke-Kesang, Lepa Rada and Shi Yomi, in the state.
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JULY:
 Lok Sabha passed the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill 2018. This Bill will replace the Fugitive
Economic Offenders Ordinance promulgated by President Ram Nath Kovind in April 2018.
SCHEMES
Central Government Schemes
OCTOBER:
 Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC)- to improve the
research ecosystem in Pure Science and Social-Total Cost Rs. 418 crore till 2020.
 Impactful Policy Research in Social Sciences(IMPRESS)- an opportunity for social science
researchers in any institution in the country –Total cost Rs. 414 crores till March 2021.
 Youth Road Safety Learners Licence Programme –In NewDelhi-In collaboration with
Diageo India and Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE).
 New series of sovereign gold bonds scheme- minimum subscription for individual and HUF is 1
gram and maximum is 4 kg-rate of interest of 2.50% per annum.
 Digi Yatra- biometric based digital processing of passengers at airports- Available in Bengaluru
and Hyderabad soon.
SEPTEMBER:
 Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojna- relief payable in cash directly to their Bank Account in case of
unemployment and while they search for new engagement-for Insured employee- Funeral
Expenses is increased from 10000 to 15000 Rs.
 Border Infrastructure and Management (BIM) scheme –Total cost Rs 8,606 crore for 60
projects- in 111 border districts in 17 states.
 Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)-to provide annual health insurance cover of Rs 5
lakh per family.
 Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan’ (PM-AASHA)- To empower farmers and
strengthen the Agriculture sector-Total Cost Spend for the two years Rs 15,053 crore.
 Atal Pension Yojana-Extended- Overdraft facility: From Rs. 5,000 to Rs. 10,000-accidental
insurance:Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2 lakh;age limit:18 to 65 years extended from 18 to 60 years.
 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana-Extended- Overdraft facility: From Rs. 5,000 to Rs. 10,000-
accidental insurance:Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2 lakh;age limit:18 to 65 years extended from 18 to 60
years.
 Swadesh Darshan Scheme- Under the tribal circuit theme- 4 projects to Nagaland, Telangana
and Chhattisgarh for Rs. 381.37 Crores.
AUGUST:
 Ocean Services, Technology, Observations, Resources Modelling and Science (O-SMART)- to
ocean development activities and science for implementation- Total cost Rs 1623 crore till
2020.
 IMPRINT scheme- approved-122 new research project –Total Cost Rs 112 crore.
 Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)-Identified-117 Districts as Aspirational Districts.
JULY:
 Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme- minimum annual deposit-Reduced- To Rs 250 from Rs.1000.
 Khelo India Talent Development Scheme - to revive sports culture.
 Dr. Mahesh Shrama, inaugurated an exhibition named "Arth - art for earth" at IGNCA, New
Delhi.‘Arth - Art For Earth’ by Manav Gupta comprises "Excavations in Hymns of Clay".
 National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) launched a Centre
of Excellence for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (CoE – DSAI) in collaboration with
the Government of Karnataka, in Bengaluru.
 A Scheme named ‘Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage and Diverse Cultural
Traditions of India’ is implemented by the Ministry of Culture. The Scheme is implemented
through: Sangeet Natak Akademi.
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JUNE:
 Seva Bhoj Yojna - to provide financial assistance-to foods bought by Charitable Religious
Institutions (CRIs) for free distribution among people-Total Cost: Rs. 325.00 crores.
 Swajal Scheme- to provide clean drinking water –Total Cost Rs. 700 crores.
 The government of Andhra Pradesh has launched a Zero Based Natural Farming
(ZBNF) scheme for benefitting the farmers by 2024.
State Government Schemes

OCTOBER:
 Wage Compensation scheme for Pregnant Women- Guwahati,Assam.Given 12000 per
women,Total cost- Rs 55 crore(2018-19)
 State Food Security Scheme (SFSS)- Odisha- eligible people will receive 5 kg of rice at the
rate of Rupee 1 per kg.-Covered under National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA).
 Mukhyamantri Yuva Nestham- Amaravati(Andhra Pradesh)- Rs. 1000 will be given as
monthly unemployment allowance to eligible jobless youth of the state-
 Nirman Kusuma-Odisha-for the children of the construction workers would get their
technical education from Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs)and polytechnics.ITI Students
will get Rs. 23,600 per annum and diploma students would get Rs. 26,300 per annum.
 Unnati scheme-Karnataka-to help entrepreneurs.
 Sashakt Kisan Yojana and Krishi Samuh Yojana –Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh- To double
the income of the farmers in the country by 2022.
 C.M’s Urban Leaders Fellowship Programme-NewDelhi- to attract young leaders across the
country to work for urban challenges with paid remuneration of Rs 1.25 lakh per month & Rs
75,000 per month to Associate Fellows.
SEPTEMBER:
 West Bengal government launched- Swayangsiddha-to combat human trafficking..
 Tamil Nadu Government launched scheme-for protection of exotic Neela Kurinji plants.
 'Ayushman Bharat' scheme launched by PM Narendra Modi Jharkhand
AUGUST:
 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojana for
empowerment of women.Total Outlay 7221 crore.
 Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and actress Kangana Ranaut launched ‘Mobile
Tihar’, a smartphone distribution scheme.
 One District One Product’ scheme in Odisha at a function of the SC-ST State Conclave cum
Exhibition under National SC-ST Hub.
 Telengana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao launched two major schemes:Rythu
Bima: insurance to farmers, Under this scheme, every farmer would be provided with life
insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh.Kanti Velugu: free eye screening for all citizens.
JULY:
 Madhya Pradesh- launched-Sambal Scheme(power bill waiver scheme)- Electricity for Below
Poverty Line is Rs 200 per month.
 The first of world’s cheapest drinking water project called as 'Sulabh Jal' was launched
in Darbhanga district, Bihar.
 Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani launched 'Poshan Abhiyan'--a statewide mission to
eradicate malnutrition among children by providing them nutritious food through Anganwadi
Centres.
JUNE:
 Gujarat-Launched-Suryashakti Kisan Yojana - to generate electricity for their captive
consumption as well as sell the surplus power.
 Madhya Pradesh- Bijli Bill Mafi Yojana 2018 – to supply Power at a subsidized rate- for
laborers and poor families.
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 Odisha-Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana- Health Insurance Scheme for

Journalists- provides Rs. 2 Lakh per annum.
 ‘Bihar State Crop Assistance scheme’- the farmers would get a compensation of Rs7500 per
hectare if less than 20% of the crop is damaged.
LAUNCHES/INAUGURATIONS
OCTOBER:
 Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT)- to promote Compressed
Bio-Gas as an alternative, green transport fuel.
 10th Edition Of Agriculture Census Data For 2015-16 Released By Agriculture Ministry.Click
here to read the entire report.
 Project ‘Utkrisht’-launched by Indian Railways-at a cost of Rs 4 billion-as part of upgradation of
its mail/express trains.
 ‘Krishi Kumbh 2018’ inaugurated- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.Official partners- Israel and Japan;
State Partners- Haryana and Jharkhand.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi-National Police Memorial (NPM)- New Delhi –build at 6.12-acre
land.
 Skills Gap Task Force in India-Launched- in collaboration with World Economic Forum (WEF).
SEPTEMBER:
 PM Inaugurates Modern Food Processing Facilities & Pipeline Projects - Gujarat
 PM Modi Inaugurated Parakram Parv Exhibition - Jodhpur
 Vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated- Smart City Expo India-2018 in Jaipur.
 ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’-to boost nationwide public participation in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan .
 Government in collaboration with Google –Launches-Rail heritage digitisation project-
 Krishna Kutir’ - special home for 1000 widows - in Vrindavan
 PM Modi- Inaugurated Sikkim's- First Airport in Pakyong
 Indian Culinary Institute –Inaugurated in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
 Uttarakhand Assembly adopts resolution to declare cow rashtra mata
 WAYU : An air pollution control device inaugurated by Dr Harsh Vardhan in Delhi.
 Biplab Kumar Deb inaugurates ISRO's Technology Incubation Centre in Agartala
AUGUST:
 Innovation Cell-In AICTE,NewDelhi- to systematically foster culture of innovation in all Higher
Education Institutions (HEIs).
 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-Continued- to provide single all-weather road
connectivity to all eligible unconnected habitations in rural areas.
 Khangchendzonga becomes 11th Biosphere Reserve included in WNBR
 Rajasthan first State to implement Biofuel Policy.
 Karnataka government launched ‘Swachha Meva Jayate’ campaign.
JULY:
 Student Police Cadet (SPC) Programme- launched- Gurugram, Haryana.
 Government to set up Cyclone Warning Centre - Kerala .
 UNESCO to set up Design University for Gaming in Visakhapatnam.
 Regional Rail Training Institute inaugurated at Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh.
 NABARD launches South East Asia’s first ever Centre for Climate Change in Lucknow
 Animals Declared As ‘Legal Persons’ in Uttarakhand.
 Government has announced the launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would help check
on vehicle thefts .
JUNE:
 Solar Charkha Mission- for generating employment in rural areas-Total Outlay Rs 550 crore.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated-Integrated Command and Control Centre set up at
Naya Raipur (Chhattisgarh).
 National Digital Library of India –NewDelhi.
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 Neem and black buck –declared as - state tree and animal –In Andhra Pradesh.
 Queen' Pineapple fruit declared as official fruit of Tripura state .
CAMPAIGN
OCTOBER:
 Udyam Abhilasha-national level entrepreneurship awareness campaign-by Small Industries
Development Bank of India (SIDBI) .
 Swasth Bharat Yatra -to sensitise people about eating safe food and be healthy.
SEPTEMBER
 Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign launched in Jammu.
 J&K declared Open Defecation Free on the eve of “Swachhata Hi Seva” campaign.
JUNE:
 Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu launched the Arunachal Rising Campaign to
create awareness among people about the government initiatives, policies and programmes.
 The Assam government announced the launch of an awareness campaign called ‘Sanskar’.
FESTIVAL
OCTOBER:
 National Khadi Festival 2018 – Mumbai.
 4th India International Science Festival (IISF) 2018 - Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Theme - “Science
for Transformation”.
 ‘Experiencing North East’ festival(North Eastern culture)-NewDelhi. The theme for this year is
“Experiencing the North East”.
SEPTEMBER:
 The Jaipur Literature Festival held in Houston at the Asia Society of Texas.
 Festival of Nuakhai Being Celebrated in Odisha.
 India’s first corn festival began in Madhya Pradesh.
 Nagpur celebrated Marbat festival.
AUGUST:
 Historic Esala Maha Perehera Festival held in Sri Lanka .
 5 day International water colour festival held in Ranchi.
 Special film festival themed “Freedom Struggle & Freedom Fighters” held in Mumbai.
JULY:
 Behdienkhlam Festival concludes in Meghalaya .
 The first international festival of Mizoram ‘Mizo Hnahthlak’ was organized Dengthuama
Hall in Aizawl, Mizoram.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
First in the world
OCTOBER:
 “Quintero One”: World’s First Full-Scale Hyperloop Passenger Capsule Unveiled.
 Seychelles launches World’s First Sovereign Blue Bond .
 World's largest airport 'under one roof' opened in Istanbul.
SEPTEMBER:
 World’s first thermal battery plant – to be unveiled in Andhra Pradesh.
 Argentina gets biggest Loan in IMF's History at $57 Billion.
 Germany launched World's first Hydrogen-Powered Train.
 Nepal to be world's first country to double its tiger population.
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AUGUST:
 Chinese researchers create world’s first single chromosome yeast.
 The world’s first-ever high energy storage device has been built in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh.
JULY:
 World's first Digital Art Museum opens in Tokyo.
 Asia's 1st Patent Arbitration Centre to open in Tokyo.
 India to Operate 'World’s Emptiest Airport' in Sri Lanka.
JUNE:
 World’s first International Centre for Humanitarian Forensics was launched in Gandhinagar,
Gujarat.
Largest,Longest,Lightest in World
OCTOBER:
 China opens world’s longest sea bridge linking Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai .
 China Successfully Tests 'World's Largest' Cargo Drone ‘Feihong-98 (FH-98)’ .
 Canada Becomes 2nd Country to Legalize Recreational Cannabis .
JULY:
 World's Largest Mobile Factory in Noida-Inaugurated by P.M .
JUNE:
 India is the second highest sender of foreign students in the US.
VISIT
INDIAN VISIT
OCTOBER:
Overview of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Three Day Visit To India
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the following:
♦ 1st Assembly of the International Solar Alliance,
♦ 2nd Energy ministers meet of the Indian Ocean Rim Association member countries and
♦ 2nd Re-invest 2018.
ii. He participated in the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention.
iii. He also attended the ‘Champions of Earth’ ceremony.
iv. He gave an address at the India Habitat Centre on Global Affairs.
v. He also visited Golden Temple in Amritsar.
Overview of Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s two-day visit to India

Highlights:
 India and Uzbekistan signed 17 MoUs in various fields. They are:Agriculture, Tourism,
combating illicit trafficking, health and medical science and pharmaceuticals.
 to strengthen trade and investment ties and have set a bilateral trade target of $1 billion by
2020.
 India extended line of credit (LoC) of $200 million to Uzbekistan through Exim Bank for
housing and other social infrastructure projects under Uzbekistan’s proposal of $800
million line of credit.
 Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 2-Day Visit To India 2018
 India signs $5.43 billion S-400 missile deal with Russia & 8 MoUs/Agreements Exchanged.He
interacted with talented students at the AIM-SIRIUS Innovation Festival 2018 in New Delhi.
 Trade and defence cooperation MOU worth $10 billion was signed between the countries.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 2-day visit to India 2018

On October 4, 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin reached New Delhi commencing his on two-
day visit to India. He was received by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
Highlights:
i.The Russian President attended the 19th India-Russia Annual Bilateral Summit 2018 in New
Delhi.
ii. India signs $5.43 billion S-400 missile deal with Russia & 8 MoUs/Agreements Exchanged.
iii. He interacted with talented students at the AIM-SIRIUS Innovation Festival 2018 in New Delhi.
iv. S-400 Triumf previously known as the S-300 PMU-3 is an anti-aircraft weapon system.
v. The S-400 uses four missiles to fill its performance envelope: the very-long-range 40N6 (400 km),
the long-range 48N6 (250 km), the medium-range 9M96E2 (120 km) and the short-range 9M96E
(40 km).
vi. Putin invites Modi to 2019 Vladivostok Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 2019.
vii. Indra 2018, joint India-Russia counter-terrorism exercise, to be held in UP in November.
viii. Young innovators of Atal Tinkering Labs and SIRIUS Educational Foundation came together
at a four-day Indo-Russian ATL innovation boot-camp.
MoUs/Agreements Signed:
Sl. Name of the MOU/Agreement/Treaty Exchanged on the Exchanged on
No. Russian Federation side the Indian side
by by
1 Protocol for Consultations between the Ministry of H.E. Mr. Sergey Lavrov Smt. Sushma
Foreign Affairs and MEA for the period 2019-2023 Minister of Foreign Swaraj External
Affairs of Russian Affairs Minister
Federation
2 Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry H.E. Mr Maxim Oreshkin, Dr Rajiv Kumar
of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Minister of Economic VC, NITI Aayog
and the National Institution for Transforming India Development of the
(NITI Aayog) Russian Federation
3 Memorandum of Understanding between Indian Mr. Dmitriy Rogozin Shri Vijay Gokhale
Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Federal Director of ROSCOMOS Foreign Secretary
Space Agency of Russia ‘ROSCOSMOS’ on Joint
Activities in the field of Human Spaceflight
Programme
4 Memorandum of Cooperation between the Indian and Mr Oleg Belozerov, CEO- Shri Vijay Gokhale
Russian Railways Chairman of JSC Russian Foreign Secretary
Railways
5 Action Plan for Prioritization and Implementation of Mr. Alexi Likhachev, DG, Shri K N Vyas
Cooperation Areas in the Nuclear Field Rosatom Secretary, DAE
6 Memorandum of Understanding between the Russian H.E. Mr. Nikolay Shri D.B.
Ministry of Transport and Indian Railways in the Kudashev, Ambassador of Venkatesh Varma
Development Cooperation in Transport Education the Russian Federation to Ambassador of
India India to Russia
7 Memorandum of Understanding between the National Mr. Alexander Shri D.B.
Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), of India and the Braverman, Director Venkatesh Varma
Russian Small and Medium Business Corporation General , Russian Small Ambassador of
(RSMB), on Cooperation in the field of Micro, Small and Medium Business India to Russia
and Medium Enterprises Corporation
8 Cooperation Agreement in the Fertilizers Sector Mr Kirill Dmitriev, Shri D.B.
between the Russian Direct Investment Fund” Director general of the Venkatesh Varma
(“RDIF”); PJSC Phosagro (PhosAgro) and Indian Russian Direct Ambassador of
Potash Limited (IPL) Investment Fund Andrey India to Russia
Guryev, CEO for PhosAgro
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Overview of 3-day official visit to India of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
On October 18, 2018, Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe started his 3-day visit to
India.
They discussed on the following:
 Reviewing the status of the India-assisted housing projects in Jaffna,
 Deliberation on the Tamil issue — the reconciliation process and devolution of powers in
Tamil-dominated areas,
 India’s joint venture for operating Sri Lanka’s loss-making Mattala Rajapaksa International
Airport in Hambantota.
China’s Defence Minister Lieutenant General Wei Fenghe In New Delhi From August 21-24,
2018
This will be the second meeting this year between the defence ministers after their meeting during the
defence ministers’ meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in April.
The two sides are likely to deploy troops from both sides informing each other before carrying out any
patrolling on the disputed areas along the 3488-km border.
To resolve differences in setting up of a hotline between the armies of the two countries has been
suggested.
Restart of ‘Hand in Hand’ anti-terrorist exercise was also discussed.
On August 23, 2018, General Fenghe was accorded guard of honour at the south block in the national
capital.
Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera To India On 19-20 August 2018

The Defence Minister of Japan Mr. Itsunori Onodera visited India for the first time for 2 days at the
invitation of the Defence Minister of India Smt Nirmala Sitharaman from 19 to 20 August 2018.
Objective:
To further strengthen defence and security cooperation under the ‘Japan-lndia Special Strategic and
Global Partnership’ ,
To work on Japan’s ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy’ with India’s ‘Act East Policy’
Exchanges between the two countries:
Both the countries will work on the first-ever bilateral joint exercise between the JGSDF and
the Indian Army in the domain of counter-terrorism.
Both the countries would pursue continuation and sophistication of bilateral joint exercises,
including those in areas of anti-submarine warfare and mine-
countermeasures between Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force and the Indian Navy.
Proposal of setting up of two Defence Industry Corridors in India was given by Minister Sitharaman
and participation of Japanese enterprises were invited.
Cooperation for final acquisition of US-2 ShinMaywa amphibious aircraft by India for the Indian Navy
from Japan.
Trilateral Maritime Exercise MALABAR 2018 was conducted successfully among Japan-India-U.S.
in June 2018.
South Korean President Moon Jae-In's Visit to India

On July 8, 2018, South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in New Delhi on a four day visit to India
from June 8-11, 2018. He is being accompanied by First Lady Kim Jung-sook on his maiden visit to the
nation.
 Korean President spoke at the India-Korea Business Forum. This was organized
by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
 India and South Korea have decided to join forces to work towards Industrial Revolution 4.0.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean President, Moon Jae-in, jointly inaugurated
Samsung’s 35-acre plant in Sector 81, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
 India & South Korea Signed 5 MoUs In Field Of Science & Technology.
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 India, South Korea Ink 11 MoUs.

 India-Korea Technology Exchange Centre Inaugurated in New Delhi
 India and South Korea held discussions to reduce duties on 11 tariff lines in a bid to expand
bilateral trade by updating their existing free-trade agreement called the comprehensive
economic partnership agreement (CEPA).
 Bilateral trade between the world’s seventh and 11th largest economies rose by nearly a
quarter to $20.8 billion in the 2017/18 fiscal year that ended in March, with $16.4 billion of
that in favour of South Korea.
President of Seychelles visit India

On June 26,2018, The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, received His Excellency Mr Danny
Antoine Rollen Faure, the President of the Republic of Seychelles, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
On June 26,2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Seychelles President Danny Faure agreed to
work on the Assumption Island project in the Indian Ocean as a naval base to expand its footprint.
i.Indian Grant Assistance for Implementation of Small Development Projects through Local Bodies,
Educational and Vocational Institutions.
ii.Twinning Agreement on the Establishment of Friendship and Cooperation between the Corporation
of the City of Panaji (Municipal Corporation) and the City of Victoria of the Republic of Seychelles.
iii.Cooperation in the area of Cyber Security.
iv. Cultural Exchange Programme between the Government of the Republic of India and the
Government of the Republic of Seychelles for the years 2018-2022.
v. Technical Agreement on Sharing White Shipping Information between the Indian Navy and the
National Information Sharing and Coordination Center of the Republic of Seychelles
vi. MOU between the Foreign Service Institute of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of
India and theDepartment of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Seychelles.
FOREIGN VISITS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit
PM Narendra Modi Africa Tour 2018: 5-Day State Visit To Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa; To
Attend BRICS Summit In SA
On July 23, 2018 PM Modi set out for his three-nation Africa tour of Rwanda, Uganda and South Africa,
as part of India’s outreach to the resource-rich continent.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit to Rwanda from July 23-24, 2018
He became the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Rwanda.PM Modi attended the India-Rwanda
Business forum in Kigali.
i.India, Rwanda signed eight agreements in various fields, the two countries signed a defence
cooperation agreement
ii. MoU on dairy cooperation was signed on cooperation in agricultural research and education
between RAB (Rwanda Agriculture Board) and ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research)
iii. USD 100 million for development of Industrial Parks and expansion of Kigali Special Economic
Zones and another USD 100 million for Agriculture irrigation scheme in Rwanda.
Highlights:
PM Modi gifted 200 cows to villagers in Rwanda’s at Rweru village to support President Paul
Kagame’s ‘Girinka Programme’ initiative of poverty reduction and child malnutrition.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit to Uganda from July 25-26, 2018
It is the first bilateral tour by an Indian prime minister since 1997.He is also first Indian prime
minister to address the Ugandan Parliament.P.M.Narendra Modi attended Indian-Uganda Business
Forum in Kampala.
On July 25,2018, India has offered Uganda a total $200 million worth of credit to help the East African
country expand its electricity distribution infrastructure and invest in its agriculture sector.
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Commemorating the Satyagraha movement , twin stamps of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson
Mandela will be released during the meeting between the two leaders.
PM’s Visit to South Africa from July 26-27, 2018
i. MoU between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India and the Agricultural
Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa on Cooperation in Agricultural Research and Education.
ii. MoU between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the Government of the Republic
of India regarding the Setting up of the “Gandhi Mandela Centre of Specialization for Artisan Skills” in
South Africa.
iii. MoU between Indian Space Research Organization and the South African National Space Agency on
Cooperation in the Exploration and uses of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes.
10th BRICS Summit 2018
On the last leg of his 5 day South African tour, is the 10th BRICS Summit 2018 held
in Johannesburgon July 26-27, 2018.
BRICS was held under the theme is “BRICS in Africa: Collaboration for Inclusive Growth and
Shared Prosperity in the 4th Industrial Revolution”.
PM Narendra Modi Visit to China

On June 11, 2018, the 18th SCO summit concluded with the adoption of ‘Qingdao Declaration’.
i.The SCO Action plan for 2019 to 2020 was also signed. This is the first time India is participating as a
full member of the Shanghai Co-operation Organization (SCO) .
ii.Aims at long-term good neighbourliness, friendship and co-operation.Major issue like economic
cooperation, security, regional peace and the ways to tackle terrorism were discussed.
iii.Co-operation in the fields of Agriculture, Water Resources and Pharma were sought out.
Increasing awareness and shared cultures would increase tourism as only 6% of the foreign tourists
in India is from the SCO countries.
i.India, China sign 2 agreements on Brahmaputra water data sharing & non-basmati rice export
India, Uzbekistan review bilateral ties
On June 11, 2018, On the sidelines of the SCO Summit 2018, India and Uzbekistan reviewed bilateral
ties for boosting economic and cultural links.
i.India and Uzbekistan would route their trade through the Chabahar Port of Iran.
Establishment of industrial parks and an investment zone in Uzbekistan is under consideration.
ii.India, Iran and Afghanistan has partnered to establish a International Transport and Transit
Corridor to connect Chabahar with Afghanistan and Central Asia.
iii.Indian PM had a meeting with the President of Iran Mr. Hassan Rouhani on the joint
comprehensive point of Action called the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Moscow has an important role in
this. India is an importer of Iranian oil.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 3 Nation Visit To Indonesia , Malaysia And Singapore
This 3 nation tour is to strengthen better cooperation with the ASEAN nations on the wake of China’s
domination in the South Asian Region.
PM Indonesia Visit (May 29-31,2018)
MOU’s/Agreements Signed
 India and Indonesia has signed to develop strategic Indian Ocean Port.
 Indian company TATA and CII inks pact with Indonesian company.
 TATA and PT Pindad in Indonesia has signed the MOU to collaborate for the supply of TATA
trucks in Indonesia for defence related equipments.
 Under G2G and G2B , Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has announced the launch of
its first overseas office in Jakarta, Indonesia.
 MOU between PT Pindad and Bhukanvala in the area of infrastructure and defence .
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 Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) signs MOU with KADIN to promote bilateral economic ,
trade and technological cooperation.
 MOU between Himalaya Drug Company and PT Kalbe Farma for a joint venture
Malaysia Visit (May 31,2018)
On May 31,2018, PM Modi met his Malaysian counterpart 92 year old Mahathir Mohammad.
The Two leaders discussed about the various economic and cultural relations.
Singapore Visit (May 31-June 2,2018)
 PM Modi visited the Innovation exhibition in Singapore.
 Modi launched three Indian payment apps(Rupay Card, BHIM app and SBI app) in Singapore.
 India and Singapore inked 14 MOUs.
President Ram Nath Kovind Visit
Overview of President Ram Nath Kovind’s 3-day Visit to Tajikistan

On October 7, 2018, President Ram Nath Kovind commenced his 3-day visit to Tajikistan till October
9, 2018.
MOU’s/Agreements Signed
 Political relations: MOU between Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan and
the Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India for the period 2018-2021.
 Strategic research:MOU between The Centre for Strategic Researches under the President of
the Republic of Tajikistan and Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi.
 Agriculture: MOU between Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Republic
of Tajikistan and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, India.
 Renewable energy: MOU between Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of the Republic
of Tajikistan and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of the Republic of India.
 Traditional medicine: MOU between State Educational Establishment “Tajik State Medical
University named after Abuali Ibn Sino”and the Central Council for Research in Unani
Medicine, an Organization under the Ministry of AYUSH.
 Space technology: MOU between Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and
the Government of the Republic of India,
 Youth affairs : MOU between the Committee on Youth Affairs and Sports under the
Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of the
Republic of India.
 Disaster Management: MOU between Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and
the Government of the Republic of India.
 Culture: MOU between the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Ministry of
Culture of the Republic of India for cultural exchange for the years 2019-2023.
ii. President Ram Nath Kovind delivered lecture on the theme of ‘Countering Radicalisation:
Challenges in Modern Societies’ at the University of Tajikistan in Dushanbe.
3-Nation Visit To Cyprus, Bulgaria & Czech Republic

Visit to Cyprus
President of India addressed the University of Cyprus:
The theme of the address was “Youth, Technology and Ideas: Shaping the Contours of the
21st Century”.
Visit to Bulgaria:
MOU’s/Agreements Signed:
 An agreement between Invest India and Invest Bulgaria
 An agreement on cooperation in and facilitation of tourism
 An agreement on enhanced science and technology cooperation
 An agreement on civil nuclear research and cooperation
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 An agreement between the Indian Council of Cultural Relations and Sofia University to
promote Hindi studies.
On September 5, 2018, on the eve of Teachers’ Day in India, President delivered an address at Sofia
University .The theme was: “Education as an Instrument of Change and Shared Prosperity”.
Visit to Czech Republic:
Cooperation between the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, India, and the Czech Academy
of Sciences
A work plan to support Indo-Czech projects in diverse areas of science and technology, with
the Department of Science and Technologytaking the lead from the Indian side
A visa waiver agreement for diplomatic passport holders
Cooperation in laser technology between ELI Beamlinesand the Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research
Cooperation between the Haryana Agricultural Universityand the Czech University of Life Sciences.
The Indian President Mr. Ram Nath Kovind visited Greece on June 18-19, 2018.He is the first
Indian president to travel to Greece in 11 years.
i.On June 19,2018, The president highlighted investment opportunities in India that would work
towards a USD 5 trillion economy by 2025.Accordingly India and Greece to collaborate in areas like
infrastructure, supply chain, energy and services.
ii.On June 19, 2018, President Kovind addressed the India-Greek Businees forum meeting at
Athens.The focus of the meeting was “India and Europe in a Changing World”.The event was organised
by the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) – a leading foreign policy
think tank in Greece and in Europe.
iii.On June 19, 2018, India and Greece decided on strengthening bilateral relations on sectors like
shipping, tourism and agriculture.It is the among India’s largest trading partners.Indian companies
are significant investors in the EU, in industries like pharmaceuticals and automobile components.
Visit to Suriname
On June 19,2018 the president departed for Suriname . He was received at the Paramaribo airport by
Suriname President Desire Delano Bouterse.
i.The President went to pay respects to Mahatma Gandhi at the Father of the Nation’s statue.He also
visited the monuments of ‘Baba and Mai’ and ‘Mama Sranan’ during his stay in Suriname.
commemorate the arrival of the first British Indian immigrants in Suriname.
ii.On June 21,2018, President Ram Nath Kovind will perform yoga asanas to observe the International
Day of Yoga.They will be performing Yoga in Paramaribo, Suriname for the first time along with
his Suriname counterpart Desire Delano Bouterse.
iii.India to provide USD 51 million development aid to Suriname
iv.The president also received the Ratification Instrument of Suriname joining the International Solar
Alliance from Bouterse.India also signed an MOU to assist Suriname to establish a Centre of
Excellence in information technology.
Visit to Cuba
On June 22,2018 The President of India Mr.Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Cuba .He was received in
Santiago by Vice President of Cuba, Ms. Beatriz Johnson.
i.On June 23,2018, The president held talks with his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel to strengthen
bilateral ties.India and Cuba agreed to enhance cooperation in biotechnology, renewable energy and traditional
medicine.
ii.On June 23,2018, The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, delivered a lecture at Havana University in
Cuba .The subject of the lecture was on - “India and the Global South”. It aimed at the the values of South-South
Cooperation among the southern countries
iii.India offered a Line of Credit of US Dollars 75 million to support a 100 Mega Watt solar power project
in Cuba.The two countries agreed to work closely to develop a strong global response to fighting
terrorism.They had called for early adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism at
the United Nations.
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Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu’s Visit

Overview of Vice President’s 5-day Visit to Belgium to attend 12th ASEM Summit
On October 17, 2018, the Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu commenced his visit to
Belgium to attend the two-day 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Brussels, Belgium.The Vice
President returned to India on October 21, 2018.
Highlights:
 This will be the first multi-lateral summit the Vice President will be attending after taking
office in August 2017.
 The Vice President also participated in the Plenary Session and will called on His
Majesty, the King of the Belgians for bilateral meetings.
 On the sidelines of the meeting, VP Naidu held bilateral meetings with the Heads of State /
Government from other countries.
 He addressed the Indian Diaspora at the Jain Culture Centre in Wilrijk, Antwerp.
 He exchanged views on further enhancing India-Belgium trade and investment ties with select
group of prominent CEOs.
 He paid respects and offered floral tribute at a sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi located in
the Governorate at Antwerp.
i. On October 18-19, 2018, the 2-day long 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit was held
in Brussels, Belgium. The theme of this years’ ASEM Summit is “Global Partners for Global Challenges”.
ii. The 12th ASEM Agenda for 2018 prioritized issues like:
Connectivity, trade and investment, sustainable development, climate change terrorism, migration,
maritime security and cyberspace.
iii. Speaking at the 1st Plenary Session of the Summit, he highlighted the following:
 Calling on to the International Community for actions against terrorism, including cross-border
terrorism, that threatens peace and stability,
 Stressed on an early adoption of the United Nations Comprehensive Convention on
International Terrorism.
 Urged the ASEM partners to work together for denying shelter and for expeditious and timely
exchange of financial information,
 Highlighted the role of International Solar Alliance as an example of Asia-Europe cooperation,
 Outlined Government of India’s measure for more inclusive development, including focus on
women empowerment.
 Other News:
 At the ASEM cultural festival, India’s rich heritage in the performing arts will be showcased in
a Kathakali presentation of the Spanish masterpiece, ‘Don Quixote’ in collaboration with the
Spanish Cultural Institute, Cervantes.
It will be held from October 18- 30, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium
On September 14, 2018, Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu commenced his official visit
to Serbia, Malta and Romania till September 20, 2018.
Visit to Serbia:
On September 14, 2018,Vice President addressed the special session of the Parliament of the Republic
of Serbia in Belgrade.
Serbia Post and India Post have released commemorative stamps on renowned Serbian Physicist and
Innovator Nikola Tesla and Swami Vivekananda.
Visit to Malta
Malta expressed its desire to join the International Solar Alliance.
MoU on Maritime Cooperation between Ministry of Shipping, India and Ministry of Transport,
Infrastructure and Capital Projects, Malta,
MoU on mutual cooperation between the Foreign Service Institute, India and The Mediterranean
Academy of Diplomatic Studies, University of Malta, and
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MoU in the field of Tourism Cooperation between India and Malta.

Visit to Romania
In Romania, the Vice President launched two books on Ayurveda and inaugurated an Ayurveda
Information Centre.Vice President addressed the Prahova Chamber of Commerce in Ploiesti.
He addressed India-Romania Business Forum
MOU on Cooperation on Tourism,
MOU between Petroleum-Gas University, Ploiesti and Pandit Deen Dayal Petroleum University,
Gandhinagar ,
3 MOUs between Bucharest Chamber of Commerce each with CII, ASSOCHAM and PHDCCI.
External Affairs Minister’s Visit
Overview of EAM Swaraj’s 2-day Visit to Tajikistan

On October 11, 2018, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj commenced her 2-day visit
to Tajikistan to attend the 2-day SCO Council of Heads of Government Meeting.
i. Her visit involved her attending a two-day conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
(SCO)’s Council of Heads of Government.
ii. This was the second CHG meeting since India became a full member of SCO in June 2017.
iii. External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj took part in the 17th Council of Heads of Government
meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Dushanbe.
iv. CHG meeting was held in Sochi, Russia and was also attended by EAM.
v.Discussions included stepping up bilateral ties in areas of:
 Science and Technology,
 Information Technology,
 Agriculture,
 Defence and security,
 Health and
 Tourism.
Overview of EAM Sushma Swaraj’s Visit to New York USA

On September 23, 2018, External Affairs Minister Smt Sushma Swaraj embarked on a 7-day official
visit to United States of America to participate in the following summits and conferences:
Highlights:
On her visit she participated in the following summits and sessions:
 Nelson Mandela Peace Summit,
 UNSG’s Climate Change Event,
 BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting,
 Informal Meeting at SAARC Council of Ministers,
 9th IBSA Trilateral Ministerial Commission,
 73rd Session of the UNGA.
ii. India is one of 129 countries that have signed the pledge drafted by Trump on commitment
towards international fight against drugs.
iii. On September 26, 2018, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj attended the Nelson Madela
Peace Summit in New York.
iv. On September 27, 2018, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj attended the 9th Trilateral
Ministerial Commission in New York. They agreed to continue to coordinate on South-South
Cooperation in the run up to BAPA+40 events.
v. On September 27, 2018, on the sidelines of G-4 Nations viz. India, Brazil, Germany and
Japan reviewed lack of substantive progress in long-pending United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
reforms.
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vi. On September 28, 2018, EAM Sushma Swaraj attended the Informal Meeting of the SAARC Council
of Ministers held here on the margins of the 73rd UN General Assembly.
vii. India’s commitment to generate 175 gigawatts of solar and wind energy by 2022,Installation of
over 300 million LED bulbs, saving US$2 billion and 4 GW of electricity.
viii. On September 29, 2018, EAM Sushma Swaraj represented India in the 73rd UNGA session that
was held in New York, USA.Here, she urged fundamental reforms in UN Security Council. The first
woman to occupy this eminent chair was an Indian Smt. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, in 1953.
EAM Sushma Swaraj’s 4-Day Two-Nation Visit To Vietnam And Cambodia

During Vietnam’s Visit:
16th meeting of the Joint Commission co-chaired by MEA
On August 28, 2018, MEA Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the 3rd edition of the Indian Ocean Conference.
She unveiled the bust of Mahatma Gandhi in the Chancery building at the Embassy of India in Hanoi.
MEA inaugurated the “Jaipur Foot” camp in Hanoi, Vietnam for 500 Vietnamese beneficiaries of the
free India-made prosthetic limb.
This camp has been organized by Jaipur-based Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS).
During Combodia’s Visit:
On August 29th, 2018, MEA Sushma Swaraj visited Cambodia for the first time.
1stMOU is on the restoration and preservation of the world heritage site of an 11th century temple
of Lord Shiva called ‘Temple of Preah Vihear’ in Cambodia’s Preah Vihear.
2ndMOU is on cooperation between India’s Foreign Service Institute (FSI) and Cambodia’s National
Institute of Diplomacy and International Relations (NIDIR).
On September 13-14, 2018, External Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj, embarked on a 2 day visit
to Moscow, Russia.
Highlights:
The 23rd India-Russia Inter- Governmental Commission on Technical & Economic Cooperation
(IRIGC-TEC) was co-chaired by her and Mr.Yuri Borisov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian
Federation.
The last meeting of the Commission was held in New Delhi in December 2017.
This is her 3rd visit in Russia in 11 months.
A festival of India covering 22 cities over a six month period is currently underway in Russia.
Both sides agreed to organize the first ever India-Russia Business Summit involving major companies
from both sides in early October in India.
To enable electronic visas for Indian nationals visiting the Russia far East.
Cooperation in areas such as agriculture, infrastructure, transport and Science and Technology.
The commission has met in the run up to the 19th India-Russia Annual Summit which is expected to
be held in India early October.
Visit Of External Affairs Minister To Republic Of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic And Republic Of
Uzbekistan (August 2- 5, 2018)
Visit of External Affairs Minister to Republic of Kazakhstan from August 2-3, 2018
i.Discussions on strengthening cooperation in trade and investment, ICT, joint film production,
tourism and people-to-people contacts.
ii.India will partner with Kazakhstan to explore markets for new products, diversifying from the
trade in traditional products.
iii.Further the flagship initiatives of the Modi government such as ‘Digital India’, ‘Start up India’ ‘Make
in India’ can boost business relations with Kazakhstan.
Visit of External Affairs Minister to Kyrgyz Republic from August 3-4, 2018
i.On August 4, 2018, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held talks with her Kyrgyzstan
counterpart Erlan Abdyldaev on deepening cooperation in a number of areas, including trade, energy
and defence and security.
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ii.Cooperation in fields of trade and investment, defence and security, IT, health, HRD, tourism and
joint film production were discussed.
iii.They discussed about the multi-dimensional relations they share in areas including political,
parliamentary, defence, science and technology and health.
Visit of External Affairs Minister to Uzbekistan from August 4-5, 2018
i.EAM paid floral tributes to late Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, at his memorial on Shastri Street, who had
passed away in Tashkent in 1966.
ii. He signed the Tashkent Declaration that formally ended a war between India and Pakistan.She also
inaugurated a two-day Uttar Pradesh Mango Festival in Tashkent.
On June 8, 2018, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj started her 5 day tour to South
Africa.
i. She would attend BRICS meeting of foreign ministers held on June 4 and meeting of IBSA (India,
Brazil, South Africa)
ii. The two day celebration would be marked by the release of joint commemorative stamps of Oliver
Tambo and Pt Deen Dayal Upadhayaa.
iii.On June 4 ,2018, EAM chaired the ministerial meeting of IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) with the
aim to work to deepen coordination among the three countries on major global issues.This meeting
was held in Pretoria , South Africa.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj embarked on a seven-day tour to Europe on 17 June
to strengthen ties with Italy, France, Luxembourg and Belgium.
Visit to Italy
India welcomed Italy’s participation as a partner country at the Tech Summit in India to be held
in November 2018.
Visit to France
i.On June 19,2018, External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj announced a bilateral Letter of Intent was
signed between India and France in her presence on cooperation in the field of conservation of pre-
historic ornate caves and rock shelters.
ii.On June 19, 2018, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj announced the construction of a war
memorial at Villers Guislain, a town around 200 km from Paris.
iii.She also released a publication 'States of India' which would increase awareness of the business
climate in various states of India.
Visit to Luxembourg
i.On June 20,2018, External Affairs Minister of India, Smt. Sushma Swaraj visited Luxembourg.This
year marks as the 70th year of diplomatic ties and the first ever visit to Luxembourg by an External
Affairs Minister from India.
ii.External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Mr. Xavier Bettel, the Prime Minister of
Luxembourg discussed on a wide range of issues including enhancing bilateral and India-EU trade and
investment ties, digital and space cooperation, fintech and diaspora contribution.
Visit to Belgium
On June 22,2018, MEA Sushma Swaraj spoke of India and EU’s stand for global peace and
security.Sushma Swaraj said India looks forward to the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit which is
scheduled to be held in October 2018.
External Affairs Minister Smt.Sushma Swaraj was on a two-day visit to Bahrain from July 14 to
15,2018. On July 17,2018, MEA Sushma Swaraj met co-chaired 2nd India-Bahrain High Joint
Commission with her counterpart Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa at Gudaibiya Palace in Manama.
Inaugurations/Launches:
i.MEA Sushma Swaraj inaugurates new Indian embassy complex in Manama.
ii.She also inaugurated the new Chancery-cum-Residential complex.
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i.MoU on Renewable Energy and on Cooperation in the Field of Healthcare.

ii.Agreement on Exemption from Short Stay Visa for Holders of Diplomatic and
Official/Special Passports.
iii.MoU on Renewable Energy and on Cooperation in the Field of Healthcare.
iv. Agreement on integration of e-Migrate system with the work permit issuance system of Bahrain to
work on strengthening coordination on consular issues was made.
v.MoU between Isa Cultural Center of Bahrain and Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) to
further expand cultural exchanges.
Union Minister Of Commerce & Industry And Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu’s Singapore Visit
On 30th and 31st August, the Minister will participate in the 6th RCEP Trade Ministers’ meeting
consisting of 10 ASEAN countries and six ASEAN FTA partners namely, India, China, Japan, Korea,
Australia and New Zealand.
On 1st September 2018, he will take part in the 6th East-Asia Economic Ministers’ Meeting (EAS-
EMM), attended by Trade and Economic Ministers of 10 ASEAN countries and 8 Dialogue Partners of
ASEAN including India, China, US, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
This is followed by the 15th India-ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting. The theme of the meeting
would be : “Towards Building Strategic Partnership between ASEAN and India in the Era of the 4th IR
and Digital Economy”.
4th India-ASEAN Dialogue Partner Expo and Summit has been scheduled for 21-23 February 2019, in
New Delhi.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s 3-day visit to Kazakhstan

On October 5, 2018, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman completed her 3-day visit to Astana,
Kazakhstan.She visited Kazakhstan at the invitation of Minister of Defence of the Republic of
Kazakhstan Mr. Nurlan Yermekbayev.
Highlights:
i. She visited the National Defence University to witness the Indian Military Art Room (IMAR) made
with Indian assistance.
ii. She invited the Minister of Defence, Mr. Nurlan Yermekbayev and Minister of Defence and
Aerospace Industry, Mr Beibut Atamkulov to visit India and to attend Aero India 2019 to be held
in Bengaluru in February 2019.
MOUs and bilateral talks:
i. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman signed agreement on defence cooperation Including military-
technical cooperation, military education and training, joint military exercises, bilateral exchange of
visits and cadet youth exchange programs.
ii. Kazakhstan contingent will join the Indian contingent at United Nations International Peacekeeping
Force in Lebanon.
iii. She also discussed regional developments with the Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Mr. Kairat
Abdrakhmanov.
Overview of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s 3-Day Visit to France
On October 10, 2018, Defence Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman started her maiden 3-day official
visit to France till October 12, 2018.
Highlights:
 This is her maiden official visit to France.
 She participated in the 1st India-France Ministerial level annual defence dialogue in Paris.
 She held bilateral talks with her French Counterpart.
 She visited the Rafale manufacturing facility of Dassault amid controversy.
 She spoke at the Institute of Strategic Research (IRSEM) in Paris.
i. On October 11, 2018, Defence Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the first India-
France Ministerial level annual defence dialogue.
ii. During the dialogue, the following happened:
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 Reviewed on bilateral defence cooperation,

 To expand the scope and complexity of the regular joint exercises (SHAKTI,
VARUNAand GARUDA) in the future,
 Agreed on continuing implementation of the “Joint Strategic Vision of India-France
Cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region”,
 interacted with CEOs of French defence industry and urged them to expand their defence
manufacturing in India under the Make in India initiative,
 To promote defence technology and R&D cooperation with Indian stakeholders such as Bharat
Dynamics Limited,Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bharat Electronics Limited, Bharat Earth
Movers Limited, Goa Shipyard Limited, Mazagaon Dock ShipbuildersLimited etc.,
iii. On October 12, 2018, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held delegation level talks with her
French counterpart Ms. Florence Parly.
SUMMITS/CONFERENCE IN NEWS
Name of Summit/Conference Place Facts about the summit /conference
India–West Africa Conclave Abuja, Nigeria
2nd International Conference Astana, Kazakhstan
on Primary Health Care
12th ASEM Summit Brussels, Belgium The theme of summit was ‘Global
Partners for Global Challenges’.
First Uttarakhand Investors Dehradun, Uttar
Summit Pradesh
20th Water, Energy, Dubai, United Arab WETEX 2018 is the largest edition in
Technology, and Environment Emirates the 20 year-history of WETEX
Exhibition (WETEX) 2018
27th IAEA Fusion Energy Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Conference
25th DST – CII Technology India It will be organized in

Summit 2019.Netherlands will be the Partner
Country.
International Conference on Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Theme of the conference was: “Give
Women’s Health, Wellness and her wings and let her soar.” President
Empowerment Ram Nath Kovind addressed the
conference.
5th National Summit on Public Kaziranga ,Assam
Health Care
10th Biennial International Mumbai
Exhibition & Conference
Global Agriculture Leadership NewDelhi Theme: ‘Connecting Farmers to
Summit 2018 Market’.
10th Nuclear Energy Conclave NewDelhi Theme: ‘Nuclear Power- Towards a

Clean & Base Load Energy’.
India Mobile Congress (IMC- NewDelhi Theme-“New Digital Horizons.
2018)Second Edition. Connect. Create. Innovate”
22nd National Level Meeting NewDelhi The Meeting held between India and
Myanmar.
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4th Edition of Global Partners' NewDelhi

Forum
2nd World Conference on NewDelhi
Access to Medical Products
2018 United Nations Day New York Theme: “Traditions of Peace and Non-
Concert violence”.
Women in Detention and Shimla, Himachal

Access to Justice Pradesh
13th India-Japan Annual Tokyo, Japan
Summit
Gandhian Thought and Wardha , Maharastra To make India a Swacch Bharat by

Swachhata Seminar 2019 -150 the birthday celebration of
Mahatma Gandhi.
World Hindu Congress Chicago, the USA Theme: 'think collectively, achieve
valiantly'.
87th Izmir International Izmir, Turkey India is the partner country in the
tradeshow tradeshow.
International Women Kathmandu, Nepal Theme:”Equality begins with
Entrepreneurs Summit 2018 Economic Empowerment”.
4th International Ayurveda Netherlands
Congress
International Aviation Summit New Delhi
4th World Summit on New Delhi
Accreditation (WOSA-2018)
Defence & Homeland Security New Delhi
Expo & Conference
India and the US hold the first New Delhi
edition of the two-plus-two
talks
Conference on Academic New Delhi
Leadership on Education for
Resurgence
73rd session of United Nations New York
General Assembly (UNGA)
Global Climate Action Summit San Francisco,
2018 California, United States
24th World Congress of Beijing, China Theme: “Learning To Be Human”.
Philosophy
Fourth Asian electoral Colombo, Sri Lanka
stakeholder’s forum (AESF-IV)
International Buddhist India
Conclave 2020
4th BIMSTEC Summit Kathmandu, Nepal Theme: 'Towards a peaceful,

prosperous and sustainable Bay of
Bengal region' .Sri Lanka has become
the new chair of the BIMSTEC.
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First SAARC Agri Cooperative Kathmandu, Nepal

Business Forum
India Banking Conclave 2018 New Delhi
International Buddhist New Delhi Theme: 'Buddha Path – The Living
Conclave 2018 Heritage'.Japan Is Partner Country.
11th World Hindi Conference Port Louis, Mauritius Theme :‘Vaishvik Hindi Aur Bharatiy
Sanskriti’
International Conference on Thanjavur The theme of the conference is:
Recent Advances in Food ‘Doubling Farmers Income through
Processing Technology Food Processing’.
(iCRAFPT)
11th BRICS Summit 2019 Brazil
17th World Sanskrit Canada
Conference
10th BRICS Summit 2018 Johannesburg, South Theme: ‘BRICS in Africa: Collaboration
Africa for inclusive growth and shared
prosperity in the 4th Industrial
Revolution'
1st Nepal-India Think Tank Kathmandu, Nepal
Summit
Global Disability Summit 2018 London, UK
International Union of Food Navi Mumbai

Science and Technology 2018
India and Japan fourth round of New Delhi
Maritime Affairs Dialogue
6th edition of biennial World Singapore Theme: “Liveable & Sustainable Cities:
Cities Summit Embracing the Future through
Innovation and Collaboration“.
17th World Sanskrit Vancouver, Canada
Conference
44th G7 summit Canada 45th G7 summit will be held in France

in 2019.
18th Shanghai Cooperation China
Organization (SCO) summit
2018
World Union of Wholesale Gurugram,Haryana
Markets (WUWM) Conference
International Conference on Kathmandu, Nepal Theme:“Sustainable Development
Information and Goals for Smart Society”
Communication Technology
(ICT)
11th World Hindi Conference Mauritius Theme:Hindi Vishwa Aur Bharatiy
Sanskriti’.
11th edition of Geo-Intelligence New Delhi
Asia 2018
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COMMITTEES & MEETING IN NEWS

OCTOBER:
 First assembly of ISA, Second ministerial of IORA and Second REINVEST meet held in
India.Click here to read the entire Meeting
 7th Meeting of Education Ministers of SCO Member States-Held- Astana, Kazakhstan.
 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting and 5th ADMM-Plus – Singapore.
 6th RCEP Inter-sessional Ministerial Meeting (IMM) – Singapore
 1st Trilateral meeting among India, Afghanistan & Iran held in Tehran .
 6th Meeting of UAE-India High-Level Joint Task Force held in Mumbai.
 17th Council of Heads of Government, CHG, meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
- Dushanbe, Tajikistan
SEPTEMBER:
 India-Morocco Tourism Bilateral Meeting held in New Delhi.
 23rd Meeting of India-Russia Intergovernmental Commission held in Moscow.
 G-20 Trade and Investment Ministerial Meeting held in Argentina.
 6th East Asia Summit Economic Ministers’ Meeting - Singapore
 15th India-ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting - Singapore
AUGUST:
 G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting - Salta, Argentina. Theme: 'Building consensus for fair
and sustainable development'.
 8th meeting of India-Kenya Joint Trade Committee - Nairobi, Kenya.
 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting - Singapore
 Indo-US Military Cooperation Meeting – New Delhi, India
JULY:
 6th India-UK Science & Innovation Council (SIC) meeting - New Delhi, India
 8th BRICS Health Ministers’ meeting - Durban, South Africa.
 8th India-Oman Joint Commission Meeting - Muscat .
 28th Meeting of GST Council held in New Delhi.
 Sunil Mehta Committee, set up to look into the faster resolution of stressed assets, has
recommended the creation of an asset management company for the resolution of stressed
loans worth more than Rs. 500 crores. It recommended a five-pronged strategy Project
'SASHAKT' to deal with Non-performing Assets in the country's banking system.
JUNE:
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi- approved- setting up of committee to lay down standards for
metro rail systems in the country. The committee will be headeds by E Sreedharan.
MOU’s & AGREEMENTS

MOU's with Other Country
MoU between Field
OCTOBER
India and Russia Bilateral cooperation in the Road Transport and Road Industry.
India and Russia In the field of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
India and Singapore Deepen the Economic Cooperation between India and Singapore.
India and Lebanon In the field of agriculture and allied sectors..
India and Romania In the field of tourism.
India and Finland Environmental Cooperation and management of natural
resources on the basis of equity, reciprocity and mutual benefits .
India and Sri Lanka For construction of 1200 houses.It will be done through 50 model
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villages, using Indian grant assistance of 60 crore Srilankan rupees.

India and Tanzania The MoUs were signed following India-Tanzania 9th Session of Joint
Commission on Economic, Technical and Scientific Cooperation in
New Delhi.
India and Croatia During the Croatia’s 14th Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
and deputy prime minister Marija Pejcinovic Buric one day visit to
India.
India and Myanmar For the appointment of a private Port Operator for the Operation and
Maintenance of Sittwe Port, Paletwa Inland Water Terminal and
associated facilities included in the Kaladan Multi Model Transit
Transport Project in implementation of India’s Act East Policy.
SEPTEMBER
India and France “MOBILISE YOUR CITY” (MYC) to reduce their Green House Gas
(GHG) emissions
India and Brunei In the field of Space Research, Science and Applications
Darussalam
India and South Africa cooperation in the exploration and uses of outer space for peaceful
purposes
India and Egypt In the field of Agriculture & allied sectors
India and Malta For strengthening cooperation in the field of Tourism
India with Myanmar’s To facilitate capacity building and economic development in the
Rakhine State Government province to promote agricultural mechanization and computer
literacy for employment opportunities in the software sector.
Indo-German In the area of vocational education and training

India and Morocco India Tourism Development Corporationand La Societe Marocaine
D’Ingenierie Touristique, also known as Moroccan Agency for
Tourism development (SMIT).
AUGUST
India and Indonesia Health cooperation
India and Korea Trade Remedy Cooperation
India and Canada On collaboration among Chartered Accountant Institutions
India and Rwanda Trade Cooperation Framework

India and USA Insurance regulatory sector
India and Singapore The Two Countries signed the Second Protocol amending
the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) in
New Delhi. Singapore is the second largest trading partner of India
within ASEAN.
JULY
India and Ghana 2 MOUs on Cultural Exchange Programme and on cooperation
between Bureau of Indian Standards and Ghana Standards
Authority were signed.
India and BRICS Nations Regional Aviation Partnership
India and Cuba Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy
India and Indonesia Pharmaceuticals
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JUNE
India and Netherlands Spatial Planning, Water Management and Mobility Management
India and Denmark Sustainable and Smart Urban Development

India and Peru cooperative institutional relationship
Indian Council of Medical cooperation in areas of common interest within the medical, life
Research (ICMR) and the sciences and health research fields.
Institut National de la
Santeet de la Recherche
Medicale (INSERM), France
India and France Cooperation on Maritime Awareness Mission
India and Indonesia Cooperation in the field of Railways sector
MOU’S – States Wise
State MoU with Field/Purpose
OCTOBER
Delhi governme Government For cooperation in various fields like environment, culture
nt of Moscow and education, for the next 3 years.
Uttarakhand go National Stock To offer access to capital to MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium
vernment Exchange (NSE) Enterprises) to enhance their growth in the state
Punjab govern Israeli To address issues of farmers and depleting groundwater level
ment institutions in the state
Arunachal British Council To strengthen educational and cultural cooperation between
Pradesh govern the state and the UK at Tawang in the sidelines of the Tawang
ment Festival.
SEPTEMBER
Madhya Maharashtra For implementation of 90 billion Indore-Manmad rail project
Pradesh
Delhi Seoul Metropolit “Friendship and Cooperation Agreement” pact on
an Government cooperation in 12 fields. The MOU include the following
fields:Environment, transport, tourism, solid waste
management and public health.
Governments Jammu and Punjab government would pay Rs.115 crore for land
of Punjab Kashmir acquisition and the project would be completed by 2021.
AUGUST
Andhra Holytech For setting up electronics manufacturing plant. It will have
Pradesh cost of Rs. 1400 crores.
Telangana State Tech Mahindra To launch India’s first Blockchain district in Telengana at
Information the International Blockchain Congress 2018.
Technology
UP government Amazon To provide support MSME entrepreneurs across nine
districts.This will be a part of Amazon India’s Kala Haat
programme which aims to help traditional industries to enter
in to ecommerce business.
Odisha National Small To enhance technology adoption in MSMEs (Micro, Small and
Industries Medium Enterprises) to enhance skills of youths in Odisha.
Corporation Also, Dharmapada Bhawan, an Integrated Marketing
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Limited (NSIC) Development Centre (IMDC) was inaugurated in

Bhubhaneswar.
JULY
Odisha Regional For effective management of disasters.This agreement will
government Integrated Multi- lead to development and pilot implementation of decision
Hazard Early support systems for automating risk assessment, advisory
Warning System generation and dissemination.
(RIMES)
Madhya National Health An expenditure of over Rs. 16 hundred crore at the rate of Rs.
Pradesh Agency for Twelve hundred per family has been estimated.
government implementation
of the Ayushman
Bharat Yojana
Andhra United For setting up a 'Design University for Gaming' in
Pradesh Econo Nations Educatio Visakhapatnam.This MoU will help in developing the city
mic nal, Scientific as 'International Gaming and Digital Learning Hub'.
Development and Cultural
Board (APEDB) Organisation (U
NESCO)
Rajasthan gover Microsoft To provide free digital training to 9,500 college students for
nment one year.Microsoft will also train educators from government
colleges through the Microsoft Innovative Educator
Programme, building capacity for innovative use of
information and communications technology (ICT) in the
classroom.
West National Health According to this, the scheme would be implemented through
Bengal governm Agency (NHA) a “mixed mode” of third-party insurance and state-run
ent trust, Indu Bhushan.
JUNE
Andhra Pradesh Singapore To accelerate the construction work of its new capital,
Amratvati.The MOU will promote and create a safe, high
quality, environment-friendly built environment
in Andhra Pradesh.This will focus on Green Building
Roadmaps and Green Mark Certification.
MOU’s Between Organizations
Organization MoU with Field/Purpose

OCTOBER
UNICEF NASSCOM To strengthen child rights through meaningful business
interventions to create awareness and use technology in the
right way to protect children’s rights.
Confederation of UN This MOU aims to work on coherent implementation of the
Indian Industry Environment environmental dimension of sustainable development.
(CII)
Indian Space Central To set up Satish Dhawan Center for Space Science, a Space
Research University of Applications Centre in the University campus.
Organisation Jammu
(ISRO) (CUJ) in Jammu
Microsoft India NITI Aayog To deploy artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to address
challenges in agriculture and healthcare
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Coal India NLC India For a 50-50 partnership joint venture company to set up 5000
Limited (CIL) (NLCIL) MW of power generation projects.
Tamil Nadu e- IIT-Madras To enhance data-driven governance at CII Connect2018. It
Governance will help in various aspects as governance, including (but not
Agency (TNeGA) limited to) education, healthcare, and agriculture.
Ministry of Rural Lady Irwin To establish Roshni – Centre of Women Collectives led Social
Development (M College Action.
oRD)
Indian Council of Navodaya The aim of the MOUs is to launch the programme “PRAKRITI”.
Forestry Vidyalaya
Research and Samiti (NVS)
Education and Kendriya
(ICFRE) Vidyalaya
Sangathan
(KVS)
Bharat Sanchar Nokia Solutions To leverage Industry 4.0 for manufacturing excellence at
Nigam Ltd and Networks Nokia’s factory in Oragadam, about 60 km south-west of
(BSNL) India Pvt Ltd. Chennai.
Institute of Certified This MOU was signed for:
Chartered Professional  Capacity Building of “Afghanistan Accountancy Board
Accountants of Accountants (AAB)”,
India (ICAI) Afghanistan  Strengthening the IT Capacity and Quality Assurance
(CPA in Afghanistan through facilitating Knowledge
Afghanistan) Transfer;
 Students and Members Exchange Programs;
 Conduct of Seminars, Conferences and Joint Activities
mutually beneficial to both the parties.
India Taipei Taipei It will provide appropriate protection to investments on a
Association (ITA) Economic and reciprocal basis between ITA and TECC
in Taipei Cultural Center
(TECC) in India
National Dubai Internet To help small and medium-sized Indian enterprises expand
Association of City (DIC) their operations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Software and region.
Services
Companies
(NASSCOM)
SEPTEMBER
Indian Oil Haryana To set up an ethanol plant at village Bohali in Panipat. The
Corporation government project would have a cost of over Rs 900 crore.
(IOCL)
Centre Tamil Nadu To implement Ayushman Bharat along with state’s Chief
government Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme
(CMCHIS).Tamil Nadu is the 30th State to sign up for ABS.
Ministry of Home Indian Space Setting up of Integrated Control Room for Emergency
Affairs (MHA) Research Response (ICR-ER)
Organization
(ISRO)
ANI Emirates News For bilateral cooperation in the area of the free news
Agency, WAM exchange in Abu Dhabi.
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National Jharkhand To provide medical facilities to the people of the state under
Insurance government the Centre's flagship health scheme”Ayushman Bharat
Company Ltd Yojana”.
BSNL Japan’s Under this, BSNL and Softbank will work on satellite
Softbank constellation which will have around 900 satellites to provide
high speed internet services.
AUGUST
Lucknow Metro BSNL For extending benefits in customer services. BSNL will use the
Rail Corporation smart card services of LMRC for collection of post-paid bills.
(LMRC)
PHD Chamber of Confederation To promote Indian investment in Nepal, work with Indian
Commerce and of Nepalese ventures in Nepal to tackle problems faced by them, enhance
Industry Industries industrialization in Nepal and train Nepali entrepreneurs.
(PHDCCI) (CNI)
Tribal National To promote primary level value addition to MAPs produce
Cooperative Medicinal from forest area.
Marketing Plants Board
Development (NMPB)
Federation of
India Ltd.
(TRIFED)
Prasar Bharati Mizzima Media For cooperation and collaboration
Group of Myan in broadcasting and content sharing in New Delhi.This would
mar include culture, entertainment, education, science, news and
sports along with other areas of mutual interest.
Indian Railways M/s GAIL For supply of Natural Gas to Indian Railways Workshops,
(India) Production Units and Depots at Rail Bhavan in New Dehi.With
an Objective to replace Industrial gases like Dissolved
Acetylene, LPG, BMCG and Furnace Oil / High Speed Diesel
(HSD) oil with environment friendly Natural Gas.
JULY
NITI Aayog NASSCOM To collaborate in areas of applied research, accelerating adoption
and ethics, privacy and security.
NSE Nasdaq For a suitable platform and technology backbone to effectively
tap post–trade delivery capabilities.They also signed an MoU on
business opportunities across listings, corporate and market
services and data and innovations in products, processes and
technology.
Gujarat Maritime The Directorate With an Objective to bring changes in working of ship recycling
Board (GMB) General Factory industry and to improve safety and health of the workers and
Advice Service & supervisors in Alang.
Labour Institutes
(DGFASLI)
Indian Institute of The University of With an Objective to build scientific and technical knowledge
Petroleum and Houston through joint research.
Energy (IIPE)
Invest India UAE Minister for India – UAE Artificial Intelligence Bridge in New Delhi. This
Artificial partnership will produce an estimated USD 20 billion in economic
Intelligence (AI) benefits in the next ten years for India and UAE.
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INDEX
RANKING
India’s Rank
Index/Report/Field Position of India Points to be noted
OCTOBER
Cigarette Package Health 5 among 206 cou Top 3 Countries:
th
Warnings: International Status ntries 1.Timor-Leste

Report 2018 2. Nepal
3. Vanuatu
2018 Government E-Payments 28th among 73
Adoption Ranking (GEAR) countries
Global Hunger Index 2018 103rd position

among 119
Countries
AUGUST
Global Innovation Index 2018 57 The theme for GII 2018 is: “Energizing the
(GII- 2018) World with Innovation”
JULY
United Nation’s E-Government 96th Denmark is the world leader, both on E-
Index 2018 among 193 countr Government index and E-Participation sub-
ies index. Earlier in 2014, India was ranked
at 118 and now has jumped 22 places
in 4 years and 11 places in 2 years.
JUNE
End of Childhood Index 2018 113 out of 175 In 2017,India ranked 116 out
of 172 countries and In 2018 India
ranked 113. US ranks 36th,Russia ranks 37th,
China ranks 40th . Singapore and Slovenia is
at the top of the chart sharing 1st place and
Niger is at the bottom.This has been
launched to celebrate International
Children’s Day in June 1.
Global Peace Index 2018 136 out of 163 Iceland got the top rank . It has been ranked
the most peaceful country from 2008.New
Zealand is 2nd , Austria is 3rd , Portugal is
4th and Denmark is 5th.The 5 least peaceful
countries are:Afghanistan (162nd ), South
Sudan, Iraq and Somalia. Syria being the
least peaceful country ranking 163rd.
Global Environment 177 out of 180
Performance Index (EPI)
STATESWISE RANKING
State or City Index/Report/Field Points to be noted
AUGUST
Delhi N-SIPI (State Delhi has topped the list and has replaced Gujarat.
Investment Potential Top 10 Positions:
Index) series by 1.Delhi,2.TamilNadu,3.Gujarat,4.Haryana,5.Maharashtra,
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economic think- 6.Kerala,7.Andhra

tank NCAER Pradesh,8.Telangana,9.Karnataka,10.WestBengal.
Pune Ease of Living Index It is followed by Navi Mumbai,Greater

2018 Mumbai,Tirupati.The survey was carried out
in 111 cities in India.
Vienna world’s most pleasant Melbourne, Australia ranked in 2nd Position, Osaka,
city to live in’ Calgary and Sydney ranked 3rd, 4th and 5th.
JULY
Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh The ranking is released by Department of Industrial
Policy and Promotion (DIPP).Andhra Pradesh is
followed by Telangana,Haryana,Jharkhand, Gujarat.
Udaipur has Travel + Leisure’s The top 2 cities are both in Mexico: San Miguel de
ranked 3 rd World’s Best Cities Allende and Oaxaca.
Kerala topped Public Affairs Index TamilNadu,Telangana and Karnataka followed kerala.
in the best (PAI)
governed state
in India
 The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-Bombay) has topped the Quacquarelli
Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings from India followed by IIT Delhi and IIT Madras.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

 Noble Prize 2018
Medicine- James P Allison of US and Tasaku Honjo of Japan- for their discovery of cancer
therapy by “inhibition of negative immune regulation”.
Physics- Arthur Ashkin, Gerard Mourou and Donna Strickland- Ashkin was honoured for
his invention of “optical tweezers”, Mourou and Strickland won for generating ultra-short
optical pulses, the shortest and most intense laser pulses ever created by mankind.
Chemistry-US scientists Frances Arnold and George Smith and British researcher Gregory
Winter-for applying the principles of evolution to develop enzymes used to make various
items from biofuels to pharmaceuticals.
Peace-Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad
Economics- Americans William Nordhaus and Paul Romer- For integrating climate change
and technological innovation into the macroeconomic analysis.
 Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018:
Top 3 States:
1) Haryana,
2) Gujarat
3) Maharashtra.Click here to read the entire winners in different Categories.
 5 eminent personalities selected for Rachana Awards 2018…Click here to read more
 UN human rights prize 2018
Name of the awardee Country Reason for consideration
Asma Jahangir Pakistan advocating for issues such as
women’s rights and discrimination
against minorities.
Rebeca Gyumi Tanzania Fighting for girls’ right to education.
Joenia Wapichana Brazil
Front Line Defenders (Charity) Ireland Supports to human rights defenders
whose lives and health are at risk
through advocacy, grants, security
and training
Click here to read more.
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National Sports Awards -2018

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2018:
S. No. Nameofthe Discipline
Sportsperson
1 Ms. S. Mirabai Chanu Weightlifting
2 Shri Virat Kohli Cricket
Click here to read the complete award winners
Outstanding Parliamentarian Award:
Award Winner For the Year
Dr Najma Heptullah 2013
Hukum Dev 2014
Narayan
Ghulam Nabi Azad 2015
Dinesh Trivedi 2016
Bhartruhari Mahtab 2017
 On 22-27th July, 2018, The 3rd BRICS Film Festival was held in Durban, South Africa, along with
the International Durban Film Festival (DIFF).
♦ Best Actress-Bhanita Das, Village Rockstars
♦ Best Film-Newton by Amit Masurkar
♦ Special Jury Award-Village Rockstars by Rima Das
♦ On 28th July 2018, Assamese film “Xhoihobote Dhemalite” (“Rainbow
Fields”) won the best film, best actress (Dipannita Sharma) and best music
(Anurag Saikia)at the 3rd Love International Film Festival in United States.
Oscars 2018 – Winners List
Categories Winner
Best Picture The Shape of Water
Best Director Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
Best Actor Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
Best Actress Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,
Missouri
Best Supporting Actor Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actress Allison Janney – I, Tonya
Best Original Screenplay Get Out – Written by Jordan Peele
Best Adapted Screenplay Call Me by Your Name – James Ivory based on the
novel by André Aciman
Best Animated Feature Coco
Film
Best Foreign Language A Fantastic Woman (Chile) in Spanish
Film
Best Live Action Short Film The Silent Child
Best Animated Short Film Dear Basketball
Best Original Score The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat
Best Original Song "Remember Me" from Coco – Music and Lyrics by Kristen
Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Best Sound Editing Dunkirk – Richard King and Alex Gibson
Best Sound Mixing Dunkirk – Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker and Gary A.
Rizzo
Best Production Design The Shape of Water – Production Design: Paul Denham
Austerberry; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin
Best Cinematography Blade Runner 2049 – Roger A. Deakins
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Best Makeup and Darkest Hour – Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy
Hairstyling Sibbick
Best Costume Design Phantom Thread – Mark Bridges
Best Film Editing Dunkirk – Lee Smith
Best Visual Effects Blade Runner 2049 – John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul
Lambertand Richard R. Hoover
65th National Film Awards:
i. The 65th National Film Awards will be presented by President Ram Nath Kovind on 3rd May 2018.
ii. The Feature Film Central panel was headed by Shekhar Kapur. The Non- Feature Film panel was
headed by Nakul Kamte and the Best Cinema on Writing jury was headed by Anant Vijay.
List of winners
♦ Best Actress: Sridevi for ‘Mom’
♦ Best Actor: Riddhi Sen for ‘Nagar Kirtan’
♦ Best Director: Jayaraj for ‘Bhayanakam’
♦ Best Film: Village Rockstars (Assamese)
♦ Best Action Direction: ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’
♦ Best Choreography: Ganesh Acharya for ‘Gori Tu Latth Maar’ from the film ‘Toilet Ek Prem
Katha’
♦ Best Special Effects: ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’
♦ Special Jury Award: Nagar Kirtan (Bengali)
♦ Best Lyrics: Muthurathinam
♦ Best Music Direction: AR Rahman for ‘Katru Veliyidayi’
♦ Best Make-up Artist: Ram Rajak for ‘Nagar Kirtan’
♦ Best Costume: Gobinda Mandal for ‘Nagar Kirtan’
♦ Best Production Design: Santosh Rajan ‘Take Off’
♦ Best Editing: Rima Das for ‘Village Rockstar’
♦ Best Sound Design: ‘Walking With The Wind’
♦ Best Audiography (Location Sound): Mallika Das, Village Rockstar
♦ Best Location Sound Recording: Mallika Das for ‘Village Rockstar’
♦ Best Screenplay Original: Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
♦ Best Screenplay Adapted: Bhayanakam
♦ Best Cinematography: Bhayanakam
♦ Best Female Playback Singer: Sashaa Tirupati for ‘Kaatru Veliyidayi’
♦ Best Male Playback Singer: K.J Yesudas for the song ‘Poy Maranja Kalam’ from
‘Viswasapoorvam Mansoor’
♦ Best Child Artist: Anita Das for ‘Village Rockstar’
♦ Best Children’s Film: ‘Mhorkya’
♦ Best Film on Environmental Conservation: ‘Irada’
♦ Best Direction: Jayaraj for ‘Bhayanakam’
♦ Best Feature Film on National Integration: Dhappa (Marathi)
♦ Best Debut Film of a Director: ‘Sinjar’
♦ Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’.
♦ Aadhar won the best emerging technology award, at the World Government Summit
2018, in Dubai. India had the ‘Guest of Honour’ country status in the World Government
Summit.
Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards 2018:

Category Winner
Best Actor Akshay Kumar(For Padman)& for
Toilet:Ek Prem Katha
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Best Actress in a leading Role Sonam Kapoor for Padman

Best Actress Bhumi Pednekar,for Toilet:Ek Prem
katha
Lifetime achievement Award Rakesh Roshan
Sarawaswatibai Dadasaheb Phalke Best Actress Farida Jalal
(Lifetime) Award
Most Entertaining Film (Sonu ki Titu ki Sweety) Luv Ranjan
Most Versatile Actress Manisha Koirala

 On September 1, 2018, Indian poet-diplomat Mr. Abhay K became the first Indian poet invited
to record his poems at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.He was born in a small
village in Nalanda district of Bihar.The prestigious reading series is called : ‘The Poet and the
poem’.
 2017 AIFF Awards:On 22nd July 2018, Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri was named
the 2017 All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the Year.
♦ 2017 AIFF Award for Best Grassroots Development Programme: Kerala FA.
♦ 2017 AIFF Award for long-time contribution to Indian Football: Hero Motocorp.
♦ 2017 AIFF Award for Best Assistant Referee: Sumanta Datta (Assam).
♦ 2017 AIFF Award for Best Referee: CR Srikrishna.
♦ 2017 AIFF Emerging Woman Footballer of the Year: E Panthoi.
♦ 2017 AIFF Emerging Player of the Year: Anirudh Thapa.
♦ 2017 AIFF Woman Footballer of the Year: Kamala Devi.
♦ 2017 AIFF Player of the Year: Sunil Chhetri.
Virat Kohli as International Cricketer of Year : CEAT Cricket Ratings
On May 29,2018, Virat Kohli named the International Cricketer of the year at CEAT Chricket
Ratings.
i. Shikhar Dhawan has been awarded International Batsman of the Year .
ii. New Zealand player Trent Boult named International Bowler of the Year .
iii. T20 Bowler of the Year ward was given to : Rashid Khan from Afghanistan.
iv. T20 Batsman of the Year award : Colin Munroof New Zealand.
v. Outstanding Innings of the year award : Harmanpreet Kaur.
vi. Domestic Player of the Year award : Mayank Agarwal.
vii. U19 Player of the Year award : Shubhman Gill.
viii. Popular Choice award : Chris Gayle.
ix. Lifetime Achievement Award : Farokh Engineer.
Name of Awards Award Winner Field Points to be noted
Awards given to the Sports Personalities
OCTOBER
Ekalabya Puraskar, 2018 Odia hockey player sports award She will get a cash award of Rs 5
Lilima Minz lakh along with a citation.Two
other sportspersons receive the
award,they are Ms. Jhili
Dalabehera, Weight Lifter and
Badminton Player Ms. Rutuparna
Panda. Both will receive a cash
prize of Rs. 50,000/- each along
with citations.
‘Legend’ by Sport Richie Benaud Two Other cricketers who had
Australia Hall of Fame. been inducted as ‘Legends’ are:
♦ Don Bradman (1993)
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♦ Keith Miller (2004)
Ramineni Awards 2018 in Badminton Outstanding Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu

Mangalagiri, Andhra coach Pullela person award presented the award
Pradesh Gopichand
AUGUST
2018 UEFA President’s David Beckham Footballer In recognition of his remarkable
Award career and humanitarian efforts.
JUNE
'Most Valuable Player' India's Sanjana Basketball
(MVP) at Basketball Ramesh
Without Borders Asia
2018
Most Valuable Player Rence Forthsky Basketball
(MVP)
Girls Grit Award Vaishnavi Yadav Basketball
South Africa's Cricketer of Kagiso Rabada Cricket This is his second Cricketer of the
the Year Year award. He already won the
award in 2016.Hashim Amla,
Jacques Kallis, Makhaya Ntini and
AB de Villiers are also two-time
winners of this award.
Polly Umrigar Award Virat Kohli Cricket
Awards for Literature/Journalism
OCTOBER
50 Man Booker Prize
th Anna Burns Writer For her Novel Milkman. Anna was
Presented with the a trophy and a
cheque worth 50,000 Euro.
Vimala V Pai H M Pernal Writer,Journalis He was conferred this award
Vishwa Konkani best book t and critic for ‘Beeg Ani Beegath’, a collection
award of short stories in Konkani.
Shakti Bhatt Prize 2018 Sujatha Gidla For her debut book “Ants Among
Elephants: An Untouchable Family
and the Making of Modern India.
SEPTEMBER
Sarala Puraskar Sri Satrughna For his poetry Sri Govind Mishra will be the Chief
Pandav collection Guest of the Sarala Award
function.
Meera Puruskar Sawai Singh Poet and writer He would be awarded for
Shekhawat his contribution to Hindi
literature.
AUGUST
Hindu Playwright Award Annie Zaidi Writer For her play Untitled-1, at the
2018 launch of the 14th edition of The
Hindu Theatre Fest at the Taj
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Coromandel, in Chennai.
JULY
Atibadi Jagannath Das Sa Ramakanta Rath Poet It was given to him by Culture and
mman for 2018(Odisha’s Tourism Minister Ashok Chandra
highest literary award) Panda at an event organized
by Odisha Sahitya Akademi.He
was given the award for his life
time contribution to Odia
literature.
Kalidas Samman Anjolie Ela Menon
Golden Man Booker Prize The English Patient It is written by Michael Ondaatje’s
Awards given to Film/Music Industry

OCTOBER
2018 Hridaynath Award Mohammed Zahur The award will be conferred by
for Lifetime Achievement Khayyam Hashmi Maharashtra Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai.
SEPTEMBER
'Icons of Indian Cinema' at Pankaj Kapur Actor-director
9th edition of Jagran Film
Festival in Mumbai
AUGUST
Shalaka Samman for Javed Akhtar lyricist The lyricist has also been
2017-18 honoured with the Padma Shri in
1999 and the Padma Bhushan in
2007.He is also a recipient of the
Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu
for his collection of poems entitled
Lava.
JUNE
Pulitzer Prize Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar received the
Pulitzer Prize in music for his
album “Damn.”
Awards given to Organizations/Banks/Ministries/State/City
OCTOBER
Swachchta Hi Seva of Ministry of Railways Best department for its
“Swachchta Pakhwada” contribution to “Swachchta
Pakhwada” under the “Swachchta
Hi Seva” category of awards.
United Nations (UN) Food Sikkim For its achievement in becoming
and Agriculture the world's first totally organic
Organisation's (FAO) agriculture state.
Future Policy Gold Award
Carnot Prize Union Minister The Carnot Prize is given "for
Piyush Goyal distinguished contributions to
energy policy".
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National Tourism Awards Andhra Pradesh Comprehensive development of

2016-17 tourism
Tenzing Norgay National INSV Tarini
Adventure award
SEPTEMBER
WPP and Kantar Millward HDFC Bank Rank 1 – HDFC Bank (USD 21.7
Brown’s BrandZ 75 Most billion),Rank 2 – Life Insurance
Valuable Indian Brands’ Corporation of India (USD 19.8
billion),Rank 3 – Tata Consultancy
Services (USD 15 billion).
Rajbhasha Kirti Punjab National It received the award for
Bank outstanding performance in
implementing
the Official Language
Policy during 2017-18.It was
under the category
of 'Nationalised Banks and
Financial Institutions in Region A'.
world’s best bank for DBS Bank Bank It is the first Asian bank to receive
digital innovation by the accolade.In 2017 ING Bank
Global Finance magazine won the award.
JULY
NABARD 2018 award Repco Micro Finance Ltd For its service to self-help group
Finance Ltd (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for
the fiscal year 2017-18.
JUNE
‘Chief Minister of the Year’ Vasundhara Raje Politician 52nd Skoch Summit, in New Delhi
‘India Smart Cities Award' Surat

2018
SKOCH Award for ‘Best Ministry of Women

performing Social Sector & Child
Ministry’ award Development
Other Awards Conferred

OCTOBER
Congressional Gold Medal Mahatma Gandhi For his contribution towards
promotion of peace and non-
violence.
Swachchta Hi Seva Ministry of Best Department for its
Railways contribution to “Swachchta
Pakhwada”
Miss Trans Queen 2018 Veena Sendre Veena Sendre defeated Namita
Ammu of Tamil Nadu and won the
title
8th Social Entrepreneur of Prema Gopalan
the Year award (SEOY)
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First World Agriculture Prof. M.S. Prof. Swaminathan is known as

Prize Swaminathan Father of Green Revolution in
India
Seoul Peace Prize for 2018 Narendra Modi For his contribution to
international cooperation and
fostering global economic growth.
2016 - Ram Vanji
Tagore Award for Cultural Sutar;
Harmony 2015 – Chhayanaut;
2014 - Rajkumar
Singhajit Singh.
INSA Teachers Award- Prof Ashis
2018 Mukherjee
19th Lal Bahadur Shastri Eminent jurist Fali For Excellence in Public
National Award S. Nariman Administration.
UN’s Highest Prime Minister
Environmental Honour Narendra Modi
Smita Patil Award Anushka Sharma
2018 Gleitsman Award Malala Yousafzai
Miss Grand International Miss Paraguay Clara Miss Grand India 2018 Meenakshi
2018 Sosa Chaudhary was named 1st
runner-up.
World Health Summit Roopam Sharma

Startup
Commonwealth India The award was announced at

Association for Public Annual General Members Meet
Administration and held at Georgetown, Guyana .
Management (CAPAM)
Award
UN Investment Promotion Invest India To boost investments in the
Award renewable energy sector in India
US' Presidential Medal Minal Patel Davis Davis is Special Adviser on Human
Trafficking to Houston Mayor
Wildlife Photographer of Marsel Van Oosten
The Year 2018
Wildlife Photo Award in Arshdeep Singh Under category given by UK's

Junior Category Natural History Museum
Deming Prize for 2018 Indus Towers First Indian company in the
service sector and the fifth in the
world
ISSA GOOD Practice ESIC “Regional Social Security Forum
Award, Asia & The Pacific for Asia and the Pacific” held at
2018 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
SEPTEMBER
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2018 Dr B.C. Roy National Neurosurgeon Dr Doctor The award will be presented to Dr
Award as an Eminent B.K. Misra B.K. Misra by President Ram Nath
Medical Person of the Kovind on 1st July 2019 (National
Year Doctors Day).
UN Interagency Task Manoj Jhalani Contribution Manoj Jhalani will be presented the
Force (UNIATF) Award towards UNIATF Award at the 3rd High-
prevention and level meeting of the UN General
control of non- Assembly organized by UNIATF in
communicable New York on 27th September 2018.
diseases
AUGUST
2018 Albany Medical James Allison, Carl Scientists It is the second-highest value
Center Prize June and Steven prize in medicine and biomedical
Rosenberg research, awarded by the Albany
Medical Center.
Legion of Merit (Degree of Dalbir Singh Suhag Indian Army Its the second time that an Indian
Commander) (Retired military officer has been awarded
General) this award. Earlier, General
Rajendrasinghji Jadeja was
awarded this in 1946.
Shaurya Chakra Rifleman
Aurangzeb and
Major Aditya Kumar
of Indian Army
24th Rajiv Gandhi National Gopalkrishna Politician He received the award for
Sadbhavana Award Gandhi promoting communal harmony
and peace. The award includes a
citation and a cash award of Rs 10
lakh.He is former West Bengal
Governor
Game Changer of The Year PepsiCo's India-
born CEO Indra
Nooyi
International Arbitration Reliance Power has
Award announced that its
wholly-owned
subsidiary Reliance
Power Netherlands
BV has won an
international
arbitration award
of $56 million
WHO World No Tobacco SK Arora For his extraordinary contribution
Day 2017 Award towards tobacco control
International Geography Avi Goel

Bee World Championship
Nobel prize for math Akshay Venkatesh
JULY
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National Kalidas Samman Anjolie Ela Menon, Artist She has been awarded the Kalidas
Award for her sensitive portrayal
of the identity and spirit of
women in her paintings.She has
received the Padma Shri award &
received a doctorate from
Rabindra Bharati University,
recently. Artist A.
Ramachandran was also awarded
the Kalidas Award.
USISPF Leadership Award Ajay Singh Chairman & The theme for this year’s summit
at the first Annual Managing was: “Strengthening the Strategic
Leadership Summit of Director, Partnership”.
the US-India Strategic SpiceJet
Partnership Forum
(USISPF) in Washington
DC, United States
Mohun Bagan Ratna Pradip Chowdhury He is the 18th recipient of Mohun
Bagan ‘Ratna’ award. This award
was first given to Sailen Manna in
2001. Other awardees are:
Goalkeeper Shilton Paul– Best
Footballer for the year 2017-18
Sudip Chatterjee– Best Cricketer
Sourav Das– Best Youth
Footballer Player
Special award to – Rahim Alifor
his performance in the U-17
World Cup.
Ramon Magsaysay Award Bharat Vatwani & Other winners are –
Winners 2018 Sonam Wangchuk • Youk Chhang – Cambodia
• Maria de Lourdes Martins Cruz -
East Timor
• Howard Dee – Philippines
• Vo Thi Hoang Yen - Vietnam
JUNE
Rajarshi Shahu Puraskar Pushpa Bhave, Eminent The 'Rajarshi Shahu Puraskar'
scholar and award is given in the memory of
social activist Rajarshi Shahu, a well-known
social reformer. The award
consists of a cash prize of Rs 1
lakh.
Gold Award Sagarmala The award was presented in
recognition of the programme’s
contribution to India’s socio-
economic transformation and in
enhancing fast-track growth and
infrastructure development.
Miss India 2018 Anukreethy Vas
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Prime Minister’s award Vishwas Mandalik

for outstanding from Nasik and the
contribution for Yoga Institute in
promotion and Mumbai
development of yoga for
the year 2018
'Santokbaa Humanitarian Kailash Satyarthi &
Award' A S Kiran Kumar
2018 World Food Prize Lawrence Haddad &
Dr David Nabarro
Padma Shri award Tommy Koh Koh was among 10 ASEAN
(Association of Southeast Asian
Nations) receipts of the
prestigious award this year
Recognitions
 Mr. Abhay K - first Indian poet- to record his poems- in Washington D.C.
 Para shuttler Raj Kumar - Arjuna Award
 Tenzing Norgay National Adventure awards 2017 conferred Click here to read more.
 PM Modi among 6 entities to get UN's 'Champions of the Earth' award.
 National Tourism Awards 2016-17 on the World Tourism Day.Click here to read the
complete winners.
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

National
OCTOBER
Tushar Mehta Additional Solicitor Central government Tushar Mehta replaces
General (ASG) Ranjit Kumar.
Arindam Bagchi Ambassador of Croatia
India
Sanjay Verma Ambassador of To Spain Pankaj Sharma will replace
India Amandeep Gill
Pankaj Sharma Ambassador of United Nations
India Conference on
Disarmament in Geneva
Alia Bhatt Brand ambassador Nokia
Vikram Limaye Chairman Working Committee Vikram Limaye is the
(WoCo) Managing Director and
CEO of National Stock
Exchange of India (NSE)
and Director on the Board
of the World Federation of
Exchanges (WFE).
Justice Govind Chief Allahabad High Court Justice Govind Mathur
Mathur Justice(Acting) replaces Chief Justice D B
Bhosale, who retired
recently
Rangachari Chairperson(First) National Financial Prasenjit Mukherjee has
Sridharan Reporting Authority been appointed as full-time
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(NFRA) member of NFRA for 3

years.
Priyank Kanoongo Chairperson National Commission for For a term of 3 years.
Protection of Child Rights
(NCPCR)
Gita Gopinath Chief Economist International Monetary She succeeded Maurice
fund (Maury) Obstfeld.
Justice Ranjan Gogoi Chief Justice(46th) India He replaces Dipak Misra.
He is the first Chief Justice
of India from the north-
east.
N H Patil Chief Justice Bombay High Court
Justice D K Gupta Chief Justice Calcutta High Court
Justice Ajjkuttira Chief Justice Gauhati High Court

Somaiah Bopanna
Ramesh Chief Justice Uttarakhand High Court
Ranganathan
V K Bist Chief Justice Sikkim High Court.
Vijaya Kamlesh Chief Justice Madras High Court She replaced Justice Indira
Tahilramani Banerjee who has been
appointed as Supreme
Court judge.
Gita Mittal Chief Justice Jammu and Kashmir High She succeeded
Court Ramalingam Sudhakar. She
became the first-ever
woman Chief Justice of
Jammu and Kashmir High
Court.
Aniruddha Bose Chief Justice Jharkhand High Court He was an advocate of Bar
Council of West Bengal in
1985.He practised in the
Calcutta High Court and
was elevated to the Bench
in 2004.
Rajendra Menon Chief Justice Delhi High Court. He was earlier the Chief
Justice of Patna High Court.
He had also served as a
judge in the Gwalior Bench
of the Madhya Pradesh
High Court.
Justice Surya Kant Chief Justice Himachal Pradesh High
Court
Kalpesh Satyendra Chief Justice Orissa High Court He will succeed Chief
Jhaveri Justice Vineet Saran, who
has been elevated to the
Supreme Court.
M R Shah Chief Justice Patna High Court He was a judge of
the Gujarat High Court. He
became a judge of the
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Gujarat High Court on

March 7, 2004 and was
confirmed as
permanent judge on June
22, 2005.
Pravin Srivastava Chief statistician of He will be succeeding
India (CSI) previous incumbent Mr.
TCA Anant.
Harivansh Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha She was previously a
member of NCW. She was
holding the additional
charge of chairperson after
Lalitha Kumaramangalam
stepped down from the
position in September
2017.
RN Ravi Deputy National Security Advisor
Arun Kumar Director-General Railway Protection Force Arun Kumar replaces
(RPF) Dharmendra Kumar
Madan Bhimarao Executive Chairman National Legal Services He replaces Justice Ranjan
Lokur Authority of India Gogoi.
(NALSA)
Hima Das HR Officer (Grade Indian Oil Corporation
A) Limited (IOCL)
Sudhir Garg Interim CMD National Small Industries
Corporation (NSIC)
RN Ravi Deputy National Security Advisor R N Ravi will also continue
(internal affairs) to be the central
government’s interlocutor
for Nagaland.
Suresh Nambath Editor The Hindu His appointment with be
effective from March 1,
2019
Arundhati Independent Wipro
Bhattacharya director
M Nageshwar Rao Interim Director CBI He Succeeds Alok Verma
Mohd Mushtaque President Hockey India (HI) He replaces Rajinder Singh,
Ahmad Gyanendro Ningombam –
Senior Vice President;
Asima Ali, Bhola Nath
Singh – Vice
Presidents;Rajinder Singh
– Secretary General;Tapan
Kumar Das – Treasurer;
Firoz Ansari, Asunta Lakra
– Joint Secretary.
A Vaidheesh President Organisation of He is working as Vice
Pharmaceutical Producers President, South Asia &
of India (OPPI) Managing Director, in
GlaxoSmithKline
Pharmaceuticals.
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Ravi Venkatesan Special UNICEF

representative of
young people
Vineet Nayyar Vice-chairman and Infrastructure Leasing &
Managing Director Financial Services (IL&FS)
(MD)
SEPTEMBER
Varun Ambassador Skill India Campaign To promote the Skill India
Dhawan and Anushka Mission, chaired by Prime
Sharma Minister Narendra Modi. It
aims to standardise
vocational training. Their
upcoming movie "Sui
Dhaaga - Made in India",
honours India's
entrepreneurs and skilled
workforce like homegrown
artisans, craftspeople and
weavers.
B. S. Mubarak Ambassador Republic of Guatemala He would be replacing Mr.
Rajeev Babu Kurup who
has been the ambassador
of India to Guatemala since
2015
Alok Amitabh Dimri Ambassador Kyrgyz Republic He is presently the Joint
Secretary in the Ministry of
External Affairs
Shri B. Vanlalvawna Ambassador Republic of Azerbaijan He is presently the Consul
General, Consulate General
of India, Sydney
Akshay Kumar Ambassador Lal Bahadur Shastri He will support the ‘Jai
Memorial Foundation Jawan Jai Kisan’ motto for
the welfare of the soldier
(jawan) and the farmer
(kisan).
Vikram Misri Ambassador Republic of China He will replace Gautam

Bambawale
Mary Kom Brand ambassador BSNL Rs 30 lakh will be spent
during this period on
brand promotion.The deal
has been made for a period
of 2 years.
Mary Kom Brand Ambassador Tribes India
Amitabh Chaudhry CEO and MD Axis Bank He will replace Shikha
Sharma the current MD &
CEO who will leave office
on December 31.
Prashant Kumar Chief Financial State Bank of India He replaced Anshula
Officer (CFO) Kant who has been
promoted as Managing
Director of SBI.
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Sunil Mehta Chairman Indian Banks’ Association Dinabandhu Mohapatra,

(IBA) Managing Director and
CEO, Bank of India, has
been elected as
IBA’s Deputy
Chairman.Madhav Nair,
country head and chief
executive, Mashreqbank
PSC, has been elected as
the Honorary Secretary of
the association for 2018-
19.
Ravi Chairman PTI Ravi Succeeds Viveck
Goenka. Vijay Kumar
Chopra had been
appointed as the Vice
Chairman.
L K Advani Chairman Ethics Committee of the Former Uttarakhand CM
Lok Sabha Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
of BJP was renamed the
chairman of the Lok Sabha
Committee on Government
Assurances.
D Shivakumar Chairman Advertising Standards D Shivakumar, is the
Council of India (ASCI) former head of PepsiCo
India. He is currently the
Group Executive President,
Corporate Strategy at
Aditya Birla Group.
Anil Kumar Chairman Steel Authority of India Presently, he is serving as
Chaudhary the Director (Finance) in
SAIL.
R Madhavan Chairman and Hindustan Aeronautics He replaces Suvarnu Raju
Managing Director Ltd (HAL) as the CMD of HAL.
(CMD)
Binoy Kumar Secretary Ministry of Steel, His appointment follows
Government of India the previous
incumbent, Aruna
Sharma’s superannuation
on Friday, August 31, 2018
Anindo Majumdar Secretary Central Vigilance Earlier, he was the chief
Commission (CVC) secretary of the Andaman
and Nicobar Islands. He is a
1985-batch IAS officer of
Arunachal Pradesh, Goa
and Mizoram Union
Territories (AGMUT
cadre).
Kamlesh Nilkanth Secretary Atomic Energy He replaces Shekhar Basu.
Vyas Commission
A Gitesh Sarma Secretary (West) Ministry of External He replaces Ruchi
Affairs Ghanashyam. Currently, A
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Gitesh Sarma is additional

secretary in the foreign
ministry.
Hima Das Sports ambassador Assam Assam Chief Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal also
offered her a position of
officer-level in the Sports
and Youth Welfare
directorate.
Anil Khosla Vice Chief Indian Air Force
Ajit Mohan as Vice- President and Facebook(India
Managing Director Operations)
AUGUST
Man Mohan Bhanot Ambassador Republic of Equitorial He will be the first resident
Extraordinary and Guinea Ambassador of India to the
Plenipotentiary of Republic of Equitorial
India Guinea.He is presently
Ambassador to Syria.
D Bala Venkatesh Ambassador of Russia He is currently serving
Varma India as Ambassador of India
to Madrid.He will
succeed Pankaj Saran who
has been appointed as
the deputy National
Security Advisor.
Partha Satpathy Ambassador of Ukraine
India
Srikumar Menon Ambassador of Democratic Republic of Currently, he is the
India Sao Tome and Principe Ambassador of India to
Angola.
Sandeep Kumar Ambassador of Ireland He is an Indian Foreign
India Service (IFS) Officer of the
1985 batch. Currently, he
is the Ambassador of India
to Croatia.
Raveena Tandon Brand ambassador Sanjay Gandhi National SGNP is rich in flora and
Park (SGNP) fauna. It provides water to
a major portion of Mumbai.
Rekha Sharma Chairperson National Commission for
Women (NCW)
Ram Sewak Sharma Chairperson Telecom Regulatory He was also Director
Authority of India (TRAI) General and Mission
Director of the Unique
Identification Authority of
India (UIDAI) or Aadhaar.
Manjula Chellur Chairperson Appellate Tribunal for She was the first
Electricity (APTEL) woman Chief Justice of
Calcutta High Court. She
has served as the Chief
Justice of Kerala High
Court and the first female
judge of the Karnataka
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High Court.
N Raghuram Chair International Nitrogen He is the first Indian and
Initiative (INI) Asian to be elected as Chair
of INI. He will
succeed Mark Sutton as
chair of INI.
K S Srinivas Chairman Marine Products Export He had served as Joint
Development Authority Secretary in the
(MPEDA) Department of Agriculture
Cooperation and Farmers’
Welfare in the Ministry of
Agriculture.
Dr. G Satheesh Reddy Chairman(DRDO) & Department of Defence He is currently serving as
Secretary(DoDRD) Research and the scientific advisor to the
Development & DRDO defence minister and is
also the Director General of
the strategic missile
division. He will
replace Defence Secretary
Sanjay Mitra.
Ashish Kumar Chief Executive Pradhan Mantri Fasal He is an IAS officer of the
Bhutani Officer (CEO) Bima Yojana (PMFBY) 1992 batch of Assam-
Meghalaya cadre.He has
been appointed the CEO of
PMFBY till 9th May 2020.
Imtaiyazur Rahman Chief Executive UTI Mutual Fund He Succeeds Leo Puri
Officer
(CEO)(Acting)
Anup Maheshwari Chief Executive IIFL Mutual Fund
Officer (CEO) and
chief investment
officer (CIO)
Vijaya Kamlesh Chief Justice Madras High Court She replaced Justice Indira
Tahilramani Banerjee who has been
appointed as Supreme
Court judge.
Gita Mittal Chief Justice Jammu and Kashmir High She succeeded
Court Ramalingam Sudhakar. She
became the first-ever
woman Chief Justice of
Jammu and Kashmir High
Court.
Aniruddha Bose Chief Justice Jharkhand High Court He was an advocate of Bar
Council of West Bengal in
1985.He practised in the
Calcutta High Court and
was elevated to the Bench
in 2004.
Rajendra Menon Chief Justice Delhi High Court. He was earlier the Chief
Justice of Patna High Court.
He had also served as a
judge in the Gwalior Bench
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of the Madhya Pradesh

High Court.
M R Shah Chief Justice Patna High Court He was a judge of
the Gujarat High Court. He
became a judge of the
Gujarat High Court on
March 7, 2004 and was
confirmed as
permanent judge on June
22, 2005.
Kalpesh Satyendra Chief Justice Orissa High Court He will succeed Chief
Jhaveri Justice Vineet Saran, who
has been elevated to the
Supreme Court.
Harivansh Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha She was previously a
member of NCW. She was
holding the additional
charge of chairperson after
Lalitha Kumaramangalam
stepped down from the
position in September
2017.
C B Ananthakrishnan Director (Finance) Hindustan Aeronautics Earlier, C B
Ltd (HAL) Ananthakrishnan was the
Executive Director
(Finance) at HAL
Corporate Office.
JULY
Vidya Balan Brand ambassador Muthoot Pappachan Vidya Balan has been
Group appointed the brand
ambassador for 2 years.
The Muthoot Pappachan
group will launch a new ad
campaign, including TV
commercials.
Saraswati Prasad chairman and SAIL (Steel Authority of He succeeds incumbent
managing director India Limited) CMD P K Singh who has
(CMD) retired. P K Singh assumed
office as SAIL chairman in
2015. Earlier, he was the
chief executive officer of
SAIL's Durgapur Steel
Plant.
Vishwas Patel Chairman Payments Council of India He replaces Naveen Surya,
who has been promoted as
Chairman Emeritus.He was
serving as Co-Chairman of
Payments Council of
India.Loney Antony,
Managing Director, Hitachi
Payment Services has been
appointed the new Co-
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Chairman of Payments
Council of India.
Justice Adarsh chairperson National Green Tribunal He had also served as
Kumar Goel executive chairman of the
Haryana State Legal
Services Authority.
Janardan Singh Chief International Kabaddi
Gehlot Federation
P K Shrivastava Director general Ordnance Factory Board
and chairman (OFB)
JUNE
A R Rahman Brand Ambassador Sikkim A Notification Regarding
This Was Issued By Chief
Secretary A K Srivastava.In
The Beginning Of 2018,
Sikkim State Government
Had Made A R Rahman Its
Brand Ambassador Of
Tourism And Business.
Arvind Saxena Chairman UPSC He is A 1978 Batch Indian
Postal Service Officer. He
Takes Charge As Acting
Chairman From Incumbent
Vinay Mittal.Earlier He
Worked In The Aviation
Research Centre (Arc). He
Had Worked In The
Research And Analysis
Wing (Raw).
S Ramesh Chairman Central Board Of Indirect He Has Been A Member Of
Taxes And Customs Central Board Of Indirect
(CBIC) Taxes And Customs (Cbic).
He Will Replace Mrs Vanaja
N. Sarna, Who Will Be
Retiring In The End Of June
2018.
Anoop Kumar Pandey Chief Secretary Uttar Pradesh He Is A 1984-Batch Indian
Administrative Services
(Ias) Officer.
Uday Vora Member National Wetland The Committee Has Been
Committee Formed Under The
Wetlands (Conservation
And Management) Rules,
2017.
Janardan Singh President International Kabaddi This Announcement Was
Gehlot Federation Made After The Annual
General Congress (Agc) Of
Ikf. Observer And Director
Of International Affairs
Olympic Council Of Asia
Vinod Tiwari Also Took
Part In The Agc.
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Amit Khare Secretary Ministry Of Information He Replaces Narendra

&Broadcasting,Jharkhand Kumar Sinha As Secretary
In The Ministry Of
Information &
Broadcasting.
Sharad Kumar vigilance Central Vigilance
commissioner Commission (CVC)
Anant Barua Whole-Time Securities And Exchange He Is Currently The
Member Board Of India (SEBI) Executive Director In Sebi.
He Has Been Appointed As
Whole-Time Member Of
Sebi For 3 Years.
International
Name Appointed as Entity/place Points to be noted
OCTOBER
Srinivasan Swamy Chairman International Srinivasan Swamy replaces Felix Tataru.
Advertising
Association
(IAA)
Adam Mosseri CEO (Chief Instagram Adam Mosseri replaces Kevin Systrom
Executive
Officer)
Ramon Laguarta CEO (Chief PepsiCo Ramon Laguarta succeeds India-born
Executive Indra Nooyi, who was the CEO of PepsiCo
Officer) for 12 years. Indra Nooyi will be chairman
of PepsiCo till early 2019.
Gita Gopinath Chief economist International She succeeded Maurice (Maury) Obstfeld.
Monetary fund
Brett Kavanaugh Chief Justice U.S Current Chief Justice of United States is
John Roberts
Nick Clegg Global affairs Facebook He would succeed Elliot Schrage.
and
communications
head
Barham Salih President(8th ) Iraq Barham Salih replaces Fuad Masum.
Barham Salih is 58 years old.
Paul Biya President(7th ) Cameroon Paul Biya has been ruling Cameroon since
1982.
Michael D Higgins President Ireland He won for the 2nd term. He won the
election after receiving 56% of the
country’s election vote.
Jair Bolsonaro President Brazil He will replace Michel Temer.
Jair Bolsonaro is 63 years old. He is a
former Army captain.
Sahle-Work Zewde President Ethiopia She is the the country’s first female
president.She replaced Mulatu Teshome
Wirtu.
Maeen Abdulmalik Prime Minister Yemen
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Mahinda Rajapaksa Prime Minister Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa replaces Ranil
Wickremesinghe
Ravi Venkatesan Special UNICEF He will provide strategic guidance and
representative support UNICEF globally.
of young people
Sajjan Jindal Treasurer World Steel At the worldsteel General Assembly in
Association Toyko, Japan
SEPTEMBER
Keith Enright Chief Privacy Google Keith Enright has been Google’s privacy
Officer lawyer for a longtime. Earlier, he worked
as the Chief Privacy Officer at Macy's and
senior consultant at IBM.
Arif Alvi President Pakistan He succeeds outgoing
President Mamnoon Hussain.
Ibrahim Mohamed President Maldives He replaces Abdulla Yameen.
Solih
Moutaz Mousa Prime Minister Sudan
Abdallah
Dr.Poonam Regional WHO South-East She is the first woman to have been
Khetrapal Singh Director Asia Region elected to the position of Regional
Director
AUGUST
Satya S Tripathi Assistant United Nations He will succeed Elliott Harris of Trinidad
Secretary Environment and Tobago.
General and Programme
Head of the New (UNEP)
York Office
Ehsan Mani Chairman Pakistan Cricket Najam Sethi quits from the post of
Board Pakistan Cricket Board chairman.
Lalchand Rajput Head coach Zimbabwe He is likely to remain in charge for the
2020 World T20 and beyond.He
was earlier appointed as the interim head
coach of Zimbabwe in May.
India President Asia-Pacific India won for the first time against Iran.
Institute for Sri Lanka was elected as vice-chair.
Broadcasting
Development
(AIBD)
Emmerson President Zimbabwe Earlier he was the Vice-President.
Mnangagwa
Ivan Duque President Colombia He replaced Juan Manuel Santos and
became the youngest president in
Colombia’s recent history.
Ibrahim Boubacar President Mali He won 67 percent of the vote and
Keita defeated his opponent Soumaila Cisse in
the presidential election.
Mario Abdo Benítez President Paraguay He replaced Horacio Cartes.He belongs to
the conservative Colorado Party.
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Scott Morrison Prime minister Australia He was serving as Australia’s treasurer.

Josh Frydenberg was sworn in as
the treasurer after Scott Morrison sworn
in as P.M.
JULY
Imran Khwaja, Associate International The newly-elected directors will be on the
Mahinda member Cricket Council ICC board for a term of 2 years. They
Vallipuram and Tony directors (ICC) were elected by the voting associate
Brian members of ICC and the regional
representatives,at the ICC Conference.
Andres Manuel President Mexico He won Mexico’s presidency with the
Lopez Obrador widest margin in a presidential election
since the 1980s.He replaced
President Enrique Peña Nieto.
Imran Khan Prime Minister Pakistan The 65-year-old cricketer-turned-
politician is representing Tehreek-e-Insaf
party (PTI). He will replace former Pm
Nawaz Sharif.
JUNE
Abdel fattah al-sisi President Egypt Earlier he was army chief. He ousted
egypt's first freely elected president
mohamed morsi after mass street
protests in 2013 and won his first
presidential term in 2014.
Ivan duque President Columbia He will succeed outgoing president juan
manuel santos.
Recep tayyip President Turkey The 64-year-old also declared victory for
the people's alliance, a bloc between his
ruling justice and development party and
the nationalist movement party.
Pedro sanchez Prime minister Spain He has replaced mariano rajoy. Mariano
rajoy was stepped down due to a
corruption scandal.
omar al-razzaz Prime minister Jordan He is a former world bank economist,
previously served as jordan's education
minister.he will be succeeding former
prime minister hani al-mulki who had
resigned due to mass protests.
Sarita nayyar Member to its World economic She is presently working with wef as chief
managing forum (wef) operating officer (coo).she would
board. overlook the international expansion with
upcoming centres in india and japan.
Sonakshi sinha Join hand UNESCO To promote a safe and secure cyber
environment for youngsters.she
highlighted the importance of education
on the safe use of online spaces, and said
that it will help boys and girls to be
prepared to report any type of abuse or
exploitation.
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Other important Appointments

SEPTEMBER:
 Rakesh Jain and Sachin Chaturvedi-appointed-Souther & Eastern Local Board of RBI, Revathy
Iyer and Raghvendra Narayan Dubey-Appointed- Northern local board of RBI.
 Kalraj Mishra-Chairman –Standing Committee of Defence.
 Simona Halep becomes 1st Recipient of Chris Evert WTA World No.1 Trophy
AUGUST:
President Ram Nath Kovind appoints 7 new Governors; Satya Pal Malik replaces NN Vohra in
J&K
 On August 21,President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Governors for seven States viz Bihar,
Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttarakhand.
 Senior BJP leader Lal Ji Tondon has been appointed as the new Governor of Bihar.He Succeeds
Satyapal Malik.
 Satyadev Narayan Arya was appointed as the Governor of Haryana.He succeeds Kaptan Singh
Solanki.
 Bihar governor Satya Pal Malik was appointed as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.He
replaces N.N.Vohra.
 Former Agra mayor and ex-member of National Commission for Women (NCW) Baby Rani
Maurya was appointed as the Governor of Uttarakhand.She Replaces K.K.Paul.
 Tripura governor Tathagata Roy has been appointed as Governor of Meghalaya.He replaces
Ganga Prasad.
 Governor of Meghalaya,Ganga Prasad has been appointed as Governor of Sikkim.He Succeeds
Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil.
 Haryana governor Kaptan Singh Solanki has been appointed as Governor of
Tripura,He succeeds Tathagata Roy.
JULY:
 India becomes Vice Chair of Asia Pacific Region of World Customs Organisation -for a period of
two years (from July 2018 to June 2020).
JUNE:
 India wins election to UN Human Rights Council.
Resignation
OCTOBER:
 Meng Hongwei resigned as the President of International Criminal Police Organization
(Interpol).
 Anupam Kher Resigns as FTII Chairman.
 Former editor MJ Akbar resigned from his post of MoS for External Affairs amid sexual
harassment allegations
SEPTEMBER:
 National Compound Archery coach-Jiwanjot Singh Teja-Resigns.
AUGUST:
 Infosys Chief Financial Officer MD Ranganath, stepped down from his position.
JUNE:
 Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) of India, Arvind Subramanian resigned from his post.
BUSINESS
BUSINESS INITIATIVES
 IMF, World Bank and WTO launched Reinvigorating Trade and Inclusive Growth Report
 NSE Indices launched 2 dynamic asset allocation indices: Nifty 50 & short duration debt -
Dynamic P/E index and Nifty 50 & short duration debt – Dynamic P/B index
 BSE, the first exchange to launch of gold, silver contracts
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 IRDAI gave final approval to Reliance Health Insurance to start operations

 Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2018 -19.It will also be allowed through demand draft, cheque
and electronic banking.
 Flipkart teams up with Bajaj Allianz to offer insurance for smartphones
 OYO partners with payments platform PhonePe
 NIIF invests Rs 660 cr in HDFC Capital realty platform
 WhatsApp, CII collaborated to train SMEs, entrepreneurs in India
 6th tranche of electoral bonds announced- State Bank of India (SBI), has been authorised to
issue and encash electoral bonds through its 29 authorised branches with effect from
November 1 to 10.
 Direct Tax Statistics released by CBDT
♦ Constant growth in direct tax-GDP ratio over last three years,
♦ The ratio of 5.98% in FY 2017-18 is the best DT-GDP ratio in last 10 years,
♦ Growth of more than 80% in the number of returns filed in the last 4 financial years
from 3.79 crore in FY 2013-14 (base year) to 6.85 crore in FY 2017-18,
♦ Growth of number of persons filing return of income by about 65% in 4 years from
3.31 crore in FY 2013-14 to 5.44 crore in FY 2017-18.
♦ Growth in declaration of gross total income by 67% from Rs.26.92 lakh crore to
Rs.44.88 lakh crore for AY 2017-18,
♦ 60% growth in taxpayers (including corporates, firms, HUFs, etc.) showing income
of above Rs. 1 crore,
♦ 68% growth of the number of individual taxpayers disclosing income above Rs. 1
crore,
♦ 26% increase in the average tax paid by individual taxpayers,
♦ 37% increase in the number of salaried taxpayers,
♦ 19% increase in average income declared by the salaried taxpayers,
♦ Growth of 19%in the number of non-salaried individual taxpayers,
♦ Average non-salary income declared has increased by 27%.
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

OCTOBER:
 Bharti Airtel acquired artificial intelligence (AI) service provider AuthMe ID Services
 Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the acquisition of Star Health and Allied
Insurance Company by Safecrop Holdings.
 IBM acquired software company Red Hat for $34 billion
SEPTEMBER:
 Apollo Global Management buys JP Morgan’s India realty platform.
 Infosys acquired Finnish company Fluido, a top consulting partner of Salesforce, for 65 million
euros (about Rs 545 crore).
AUGUST:
 Paytm acquired Bengaluru-based savings management start-up, Balance Technology, for an
undisclosed amount.
 Amazon announced that Amazon Pay, the payments arm of Amazon India, will acquire
Sequoia-backed Tapzo.
JULY:
 Manappuram Finance has agreed to buy 85.39 % stake in Indian School Finance (ISFC) for
more Rs 212 crore.
 Life Insurance Corporation of India’s (LIC’s) board has approved acquiring up to 51 % stake in
IDBI Bank.
 PhonePe said that, it has acquired Zopper Retail, in a move to increase its offline business.
 Vodafone and Idea Cellular that will result in the creation of India’s largest mobile operator
with 35% market share and nearly 430 million subscribers.
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JUNE:
 Micro lender Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd. gets a no–objection nod for its merger
with IndusInd Bank.
 Microsoft has acquired Flipgrid,a video discussion platform.
 Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ) signed an agreement to acquire
Marine Infrastructure Developer Private Limited (MIDPL)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

APP & WEB PORTAL
Mobile apps/portal Launched by Purpose
OCTOBER
PayPal for Business PayPal This will help
small/medium
merchants and
freelancers conduct their
domestic and cross
border business.
Maha Madat Maharashtra Government For collectively analysing
the rainfall, crop
situation and
underground water level
using modern
technology.
MedWatch Indian Air Force It is the first such health
app provided in the three
Armed Services.
Website for Aero India 2019 is: Ministry of Defence The portal facilitated
(https://aeroindia.gov.in) payment of registration
fee online for business
visitors.
i-Khet Machine , e-PEHaL and e- Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder To check and create
Prevent Singh awareness about
environmental effects of
crop residue burning.
https://services.dipp.gov.in Department of Industrial Policy and For Industrial
Promotion (DIPP) Entrepreneurs'
Memorandum
(IEM) and Industrial
Licence (IL).
ncw.metoo@gmail.com National Commission for Women To report instances of
(NCW) sexual harassment at
workplace
PayPay Paytm One 97 Communications
Ltd has launched a QR-
based smartphone
payment service called
’PayPay’ in Japan in
collaboration with
SoftBank and Yahoo.
Ask Disha Indian Railway Catering and This was launched on its
Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) e-ticketing
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website, irctc.co.in. and is

a first-of-its-kind
initiative for any Indian
government website.
NCR RASTA (Railway assets General Manager Rajiv
Summerised Tracking Chaudhry of North Central Railways
Application) andYatri RASTA (NCR)
(Railway Approach to Station
Tracking Application)
Roudram Kamal Hassan It aims at giving women
assistance in times of
emergency.
www.sparc.iitkgp.ac.in(Scheme for Minister of Human Resource
Promotion of Academic and Development Prakash Javadekar
Research Collaboration (SPARC))
Web Portal for Impactful Policy Minister of Human Resource Under the
Research in Social Sciences Development Prakash Javadekar Scheme, 1500 research
(IMPRESS) projects will be awarded
for 2 years to support the
social science research in
the higher educational
institutions.
“Main Nahin Hum” Prime Minister Narendra Modi The “Main Nahin Hum”
portal works on the
theme “Self4Society”.
Khushi Life Insurer PNB Metlife It has been designed by
PNB Metlife’s innovation
centre- Lumer
Lab in Singapore.
UTSonMobile Ministry of Railways For buying unreserved
tickets online will be
available throughout
India, from 1 November
2018. This scheme was
introduced 4 years ago.
www.ova.gov.in ‘Odia Virtual Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik To promote the Odia
Academy’ language and literature.
RISECREEK First indigenous
microprocessors under
Project Shakti.
SEPTEMBER
Coffee Connect Suresh Prabhu He also launched digital
mobile extension
services for coffee
stakeholders
named “Coffee
KrishiTharanga”.
AAPOORTI Piyush Goyal The app is released at the
seminar on “Leveraging
IT for Mobility” in New
Delhi. The seminar had 4
sessions on: Mobility for
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Passenger Business;
Continuous Cargo
Visibility; Network
Optimisation; IoT
(Internet of Things) and
Mobile Data in
Maintenance, Repair and
Operations.
State Data Sharing and Chief Minister fo sikkim Pawan The State Direct Benefit
Accessibility Platform (SDSAP) Kumar Chamling Transfer portal was also
launched to increasing
transparency in the
functioning of the
government
Rail Sahyog Piyush Goyal To enable Corporates and
PSUs to contribute to
upgradation through
Corporate Social
Responsibility funds. The
Webportal is :
www.railsahyog.in
National Scholarship Portal Mobile Union Minister for Minority Affairs For smooth, accessible
App Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and hassle-free
scholarship system for
students from poor and
weaker sections.
e-Rythu (e-farmer in Telugu) Andhra Pradesh government with It aims to digitize
Mastercard agriculture marketplaces,
payments, workflows,
and secure way to buy,
sell and receive
payments for agri
products. Telugu will be
the medium of
communication.
Sidhhi It was developed by
Mumbai-based agri start
up e-commerce company
DestaGlobal and was
launched in July 1, 2018
Dataset Search Google Dataset Search will help
find datasets wherever
they’re hosted, from a
publisher’s site, a digital
library, or an author’s
personal web page.
e-Sahaj Union Home Secretary Shri Rajiv This will provide an
Gauba easier, faster and
transparent way to
monitor applications.
Delhi to grant Security.
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‘Budget Dashboard’ Ministry of Health and Family It will have information

Welfare on budget, expenditure
and Bill Payment
position.
Jan Dhan Darshak Finance Ministry It will act as a locator app
guiding common people
to find financial service
touch point at a given
location in the country.
www.psbloansin59minutes.com . Shri Arun Jaitley For a transformative
initiative in MSME credit
space.
AUGUST
FOCAL(Forum of Cargo-Owners The Inland Waterways Authority of To connect cargo owners
and Logistics-Operators) India (IWAI) and shippers with real
time data on availability
of vessels.
“WOW” (Wellness of Women) Women’s wing of Federation of This platform allows
Indian Chamber of Commerce and users to talk to doctors
Industry through video
conferencing or connect
with them via voice or
email.
Shaur Nahin Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai With an Objective to stop
Ram Thakur unnecessary noise
pollution.
Swachh Manch web portal Shri Hardeep S Puri, Minister of
State (I/C), Housing & Urban Affairs
Bidder Information Management Minister for Road Transport & They are aimed at
System (BIMS) and Bhoomi Rashi Highways, Shipping, Water expediting pre
and PFMS linkage. Resources, River Development and construction processes
Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin relating to bidding and
Gadkari land acquisition.
Mycall & DND 2.0 Telecom Regulatory Authority of With an Objective to
India reach out to the
consumers and to
safeguard their interests.
Niryat Mitra Union Minister of Commerce & It provides wide range of
Industry and Aviation Suresh information required to
Prabhu undertake international
trade. It will help
promote export in the
country and increase the
ease of doing business.
E-pay,e-courts services, NSTEP Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. e-courts services: e-filing
along with user
manual,E-pay : making
digital payments,NSTEP
(National Service and
Tracking of Electronic
Processes): service of
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judicial notices.
Dial 100 Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister To help the needy at the
Shivraj Singh Chouhan time of emergency.
UPI version 2.0 RBI Governor Urjit Patel The new version has
been developed by
the National Payments
Corporation of India
(NPCI).It will allow the
customers to use
overdraft limit for
making payments for
merchants.
Neta app Former President Pranab Mukherjee It will enable users to
rate their MLAs and MPs.
It is billed as an
instrument to measure
voter sentiment in Indian
constituencies.The app is
developed by Pratham
Mittal, a 27-year-old
entrepreneur.
2Gud Flipkart For refurbished goods,
including mobile phones,
laptops and tablets.It is
aimed to bring
affordability,
accessibility and
availability to the
refurbished market.
Navlekha Google Navlekha, which means
‘a new way to write’ in
Sanksrit. Project
Navlekha has been
launched to enable
Indian publishers of
regional languages to
publish their content
online, without facing the
trouble of selling printed
copies.
JULY
‘cVIGIL’ The Chief Election Commissioner By using this app,
Shri. O.P. Rawat, along with the citizens can immediately
Election Commissioners Shri Sunil report on incidents of
Arora and Shri Ashok Lavasa misconduct within
minutes of having
witnessed them and
without having to rush to
the office of the returning
officer to lodge a
complaint.
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Khan Prahari Union Minister of Coal, Railways, The Minister said that
Finance & Corporate Affairs, Shri Ministry of Coal has
Piyush Goyal taken a major initiative
to attain high level of
integrity in Coal mining
& He also launched Coal
Mine Surveillance &
Management System
(CMSMS)
'GST Verify' The Central Board of Indirect To protect interest of
Taxes and Customs (CBIC) consumers.
Stop JE/AES Gorakhpur administration in Uttar To combat encephalitis.
Pradesh
‘Aabhaar-Aapki seva ka’ Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh For the online
pensioners of the state.
e-Pragati core platform Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. With an Objective to
Chandrababu Naidu realise the vision
of ‘Sunrise AP
2022’ through this
project.
Remote Sensing Toolkit NASA To help users analyze
satellite data. It can be
used in the areas of
: research, business
projects or conservation
efforts.
Bijli Mitra Rajasthan Chief Minister It is launched on a pilot
Vasundhara Raje basis from Jhalawara,
Rajasthan, to help
farmers to get their
defunct transformers
replaced within 6
hours of registering a
complaint through the
app.
#InnovateIndia Platform NITI Aayog With an Objective to
create and encourage a
structured ecosystem for
innovation in India.It is
Collaboration between
the Atal Innovation
Mission and MyGov .
e-Aksharayan IT ministry The software e-
Aksharayan was
launched in 7 Indian
languages, to enable
editing and printing of
text in scanned
documents
Mumbai Weather Live Union Ministry of Earth Sciences It will provide
(MoES) information on extreme
weather events
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in Mumbai. MoES also

launched forecasts
for Char Dham and
Amarnath pilgrims that
can be accessed by
registered users through
website of IMD or
MapmyIndia.
JUNE
Online analytical tool Union home minister rajnath singh To enable better
monitoring of the flow
and usage of foreign
contributions received
by organisations
registered or permitted
under the foreign
contribution (regulation)
act, 2010
Continuous medical education Maharashtra chief minister To offer information and
devendra fadnavis suggestions related to
exact treatment received
by patients for various
health issues.
Online RTI portal of election Chief election commissioner o.p. This online portal will
commission of india rawat, election commissioners sunil help applicants looking
arora and ashok lavasa for information under
the right to information
act.
Cube wealth Co-founder of citrus mr. Satyen The app sweep funds
kothari between bank a/cs and
mutual funds
Business first portal Punjab government released by He said that this portal is
industry minister sunder sham a one-step solution for
arora industrialists. He said
that regulatory
clearances of all other
departments will be
integrated in the portal.
'Rail madad'(mobile application for Ministry of railways Menu on rails' to
desired assistance during travel) improve the travelling
and 'menu on rails' experience.rail madad
app will help travellers
to register complaints.
Menu on rails app will
offer the facility to order
food.
UTSonmobile Centre for railway information The app enables booking
system and cancellation of
unreserved tickets, issue
and renewal of season
and platform tickets,
check and load r-wallet
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balance and lets to

maintain user profile
management and
booking history.
New incredible india website Minister of state (i/c) for tourism It aims to project india as
K.J.Alphons a “must-visit”
destination. The website
has been developed
by tech mahindra. It is
powered by nic cloud.
24×7 “mobile policing Tripura government To control crime, mainly
against women.police
chief akhil kumar sukhla
said that, the complete
service will be monitored
and directed using gps
and wireless based
technology.
Cop connect DGP, M.Mahendar reddy. A mobile app to support
the professional
communication and
collaboration needs of
the complete police
department of telangana
I-hariyali Punjab government The app aims to inspire
people to plant more
saplings to save the
environment from
pollution.
Goamiles The tourism department of the state It aims to boost the
of goa digital economy, enable
ease of travel for tourists
and give taxi drivers
better income.
Passport seva app External affairs minister sushma Along with the launch
swaraj she highlighted that new
passport centres are now
functional in separate
northeast regions of the
country as opposed to a
single centre in
guwahati.
Reunite Union minister of commerce & To track and trace
industry and civil aviation, suresh missing and abandoned
prabhu children in india.the app
has been developed by
the NGO,
bachpanbachaoandolan
& capgemini.
Placement portal for graduates Westbengal education minister part The maulana abul kalam
ha chatterjee azad university of
technology
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(makaut) launched
a placement portal for
graduates of the
affiliated colleges under
it to help the students get
proper placement offers.
SATELLITES
OCTOBER
 Centispace-1-s1 satellite –china-on a Kuaizhou-1A low-cost solid-fuel carrier rocket.
 China successfully launched two remote sensing satellites belonging to the Yaogan-32 family
by a Long March-2C rocket.
 Russia successfully launched Soyuz-2.1B rocket carrying a satellite for the Russian military,
from northern Plesetsk launch pad, Russia.
 KhalifaSat Earth observation satellite, into orbit. The rocket named: H-2A, also carried
an Ibuki-2 greenhouse gas observation satellite for Japan
SEPTEMBER:
 China successfully launched a new marine satellite called HY-1C aboard a Long March-2C rocket
from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China’s Shanxi Province to monitor its maritime
waters and study the impact of climate change.
 NASA launched it’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESAT-2) successfully from
California.
 ISRO launched its first night flight launch of PSLV-C-42 with two U.K. satellites named NovaSAR
and S1-4 of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited.
AUGUST:
 China successfully launched Gaofen-11, an optical remote sensing satellite
 Aeolus - wind-sensing satellite - French Guyana
 BeiDou 3: Twin navigation satellites aboard Long March-3B carrier rocket launched by China.
 ISRO’S 5700kg GSAT-11 satellite the heaviest one will launch from French Guiana’sspaceport in
November 30,2018.
JULY:
 China announced that, it has planned to launch 300 low-orbit satellites named the Hongyan
constellation to offer worldwide communication services and the first in the series will be
launched in 2018.
 China successfully launched Gaofen-11 satellite, an optical remote sensing satellite, as part of
its high-resolution Earth observation project. The Gaofen-11 satellite was launched on a Long
March 4B rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province,
China.
JUNE:
 China successfully launched Gaofen-6 satellite, a new Earth observation satellite, on a Long
March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China.
 NASA, has said that, the world’s first mini-satellites to enter deep space, which were designed
to monitor NASA’s InSight Mars lander, have successfully oriented towards Mars. In the last
week, two CubeSats named MarCO-A and MarCO-B fired their propulsion systems to guide
themselves toward Mars.
 Russia successfully launched a Glonass- M positioning satellite using a Soyuz-2.1b carrier
rocket.
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INVENTIONS
OCTOBER:
 Astronomers have made a discovery, which might be the first exomoon i.e. the first known
moon outside our Solar System.
 Scientists develop tiny spheres to trap water contaminants (bisphenol A)
 British scientists create 3D-printed meals.
 Scientists have developed a new camera called the T-CUP, which might be the world's fastest
camera
SEPTEMBER:
 US scientists from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Ohio, for the first time have used stem cells
to grow human oesophagus — known as the food pipe — in the laboratory.
AUGUST:
 World’s first 4D printing for ceramics developed.
 Japan to conduct world’s first test of space elevator
 ‘KOWSAR'-Iran unveiled its first domestic fighter jet named
 NASA’s 2 virtual reality apps: NASA Selfies app and NASA’s Exoplanet Excursions, lets you click
selfies with galaxies
 Researchers develop “ReMix”, an ‘in-body GPS’ system to track tumours.
JULY:
 Scientists have developed a computer named “SpiNNaker” that mimics human brain's neural
networks.
DEFENCE
MISSILES
OCTOBER:
 Prithvi-II missile- successfully test-fired- in Odisha
 India Signs $777 Million Deal for Israeli Missile Defence Systems
 Ghauri ballistic missile - Pakistan has successfully test-fired Ghauri ballistic missile capable of
carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads up to a distance of 1,300 kilometres
SEPTEMBER:
 Missile Astra -Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air- Su-30 aircraft
 Prahar - surface-to-surface tactical missile-Test Fired-In Odisha.
 Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM)-test fired-Maharashtra.
AUGUST:
 ‘HELINA’ - anti-tank guided missile-tested- Pokhran in Rajasthan .
 Barak 8 missile - jointly developed by India and Israel
 Defence Industrial Corridor launched in Aligarh, UP
 Fateh Mobin –Iran-tested- next generation short-range ballistic missile capable of striking
targets on land and sea.
 Xingkong-2: China successfully tests first hypersonic aircraft.
JULY:
 Agni-V will bring targets across China within its range. Agni-V missile system has a strike range
of 5,000 km.The air-launched variant of the Brahmos is the world's fastest supersonic cruise
missile.
 BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired from an Integrated Test Range
(ITR) in Chandipur, Odisha.
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JUNE:
 India successfully test-fired Agni-5, its indigenously developed nuclear capable long range
ballistic missile with strike range of 5,000 km from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha
coast.
COMMISSION/DECOMMISSION
 Indian Coast Guard Ship Vijaya, the second in the series of 98 m offshore patrol
vessels (OPVs), was commissioned by Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra in Chennai.
 Apsara- U (upgraded) reactor became operational at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
(BARC), at Trombay, in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
 The last of the five Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) project of Indian Coast Guard (ICG) named ‘Rani
Rashmoni’ was commissioned in the Indian Coast Guard in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra
Pradesh.
EXERCISES
 Sahyog-Hop Tac 2018- India, Vietnam commenced in Chennai.
 IBSAMAR VI- India, Brazil & SA in South Africa.
 3rd edition of Japan-India Maritime Exercise (JIMEX)- India-Japan in Visakhapatnam.
 ‘Kamandag’(venom) - Japan joined US and Filipino in Philippines.
 ‘Druzhba-III’ - Joint Military exercise between Pakistan & Russia.
 Cope India 2018: trilateral air exercise between India, Japan and the U.S.
 ‘Dharma Guardian' - Joint exercise between India & Japan.
 Clear Sky 2018 - Ukraine launched Air Exercises with NATO Countries
 'Operation Samudra Maitri'-To Help tsunami-hit Indonesia
 IND-INDO CORPAT- Indian navy ship and aircraft joined Indonesia coordinated patrol
 Operation Madad and Operation Sahyog- to rescue people in flood-hit Kerala
 Exercise Aviaindra-18: Joint Air Force exercise of India and Russia commenced at Lipetsk
 ‘Mt Everest Friendship Exercise’-Nepal-China joint military exercise –held in
southwestern Sichuan province of China.
 Vostok 2018- the largest exercise in four decades held in Russia
 Nomadic Elephant 2018: 13th India, Mongolia joint exercise held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
 BIMSTEC Military Exercise (MILEX-18):First edition of Military Field Training Exercise for the
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
nations, started at Aundh in Pune.
 “Yudh Abhyas“:Held in Chaubatia in Uttarakhand,participated by India and the US
 SLINEX-2018 Indian & Sri Lanka navy ships and aircraft participated the exercise,which is
held in Trincomalee.
 Indo-Kazakhstan Joint Army Exercise ‘KAZIND’ between the Indian and Kazakhstan Army held
in Otar region, Kazakhstan.
 Rapid Trident: Joint military exercise participated by Ukraine, US and NATO nations in
Ukraine.
 ‘IOWave18’ : Tsunami mock drill began in the Indian Ocean under IOC/UNESCO.
 KAKADU 2018 in Darwin, Australia: Indian Naval ship Sahyadri to participated in
14th exercise KAKADU 2018.Indian Navy has won the coveted KAKADU Cup
2018 in Australia while taking part in the KAKADU multilateral maritime exercise.
 Mega anti-terror drill of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) named The Peace
Mission 2018 held in Russia. -Indian,Pakistani troops take part for the first time
 On August 20 2018, The first-ever joint air exercise involving the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the
the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) commenced at Subang Air Base in Malaysia. This is the
inaugural bilateral exercise between IAF & RMAF.
 SCO Peace Mission Exercise 2018 conducted by Central Military Commission of Russia at
Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk, Russia.
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 Pacific Endeavor-2018 (PE-18), a communication exercise under the Multinational

Communications Interoperability Program (MCIP) held in Kathmandu, Nepal.
 Exercise Maitree: Annual Joint military exercise between Indian Army and Royal Thai Army
conducted between 06 to 19 August 2018 in Thailand.
 Pitch Black – 2018: Held in Australia;Indian Air Force participates for first time in
multinational exercise in Australia.
 Indian Naval Ships Sahyadri, Shakti and Kamorta of the Eastern Fleet under the command of
Rear Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, NM, Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Fleet that are deployed
to South East Asia and the Western Pacific currently, reached Guam on 7th June 2018 to take
part in the 22nd edition of Exercise Malabar, off Guam, United States, from 7th to 16thJune
2018.
 India to host the first military exercise of the 7 nation BIMSTEC(Bay of Bengal Initiative for
Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) group focusing on counter-terrorism in
September 2018 in Pune. BIMSTEC was set up in 1997 and includes India, Bangladesh, Bhutan
Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
 Indra 2018: India will hold its first bilateral tri-service exercise with Russia in October this
year. This is the first such exercise that India will conduct with any of its foreign partners,
reflecting maturity in the strategic partnership.
 On June 27, 2018, 26th edition World's largest multilateral naval exercise Rim of the Pacific
(RIMPAC) began off Hawaii in the western Pacific Ocean from June 27 to August 2,2018.
 On June 28, 2018, The navies of India and Indonesia participated in Passage Exercise
(PASSEX).This exercise was decided during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit
to Indonesia on May 29,2018 for enhancing maritime cooperation.
 Indian Army's South Western Command are participating in the ongoing ‘Vijay Prahar’
exercise near Suratgarh in Rajasthan.
 On May 22, 2018, The South-Western command Chetak Corps are engaged in intense training
exercise called ‘Gandiv Vijay’ in Rajasthan.
 A two-day coastal security exercise 'Sagar Kavach' began on April 24, 2018
along Kerala shores.It is being conducted to strengthen and assess the loopholes in the coastal
security mechanism along Kerala shores.
 On April 1, 2018, United States and South Korea kicked off the annual military exercise ‘Foal
Eagle drill’ which will be a low-key event, featuring fewer strategic weapons, as North Korea
has proposed to hold summits with the South Korea and US.
 ‘MILAN 2018’, a multinational naval exercise hosted by Indian Navy began on March 6, 2018 at
Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.Objective behind MILAN 2018 is to expand regional
cooperation and combat unlawful activities in critical sea lanes in Indian Ocean region.Theme
of ‘MILAN 2018’ is 'Friendship Across the Seas'.
 Multilateral Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Air Force exercise,
‘Samvedna’ began off the coast of Kerala on March 12, 2018.In Hindi, Samvedna means
'Empathy'.Representatives from air forces of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) are participating in this exercise.
 'Paschim Lehar', a tri-service maritime exercise was held off India’s Western Coast from
February 12, 2018.
 On 13th to 23rd February 2018, Cobra Gold 2018 an international military exercise, is held in
Thailand. This is the 37th edition of the Cobra Gold exercise. It is co-sponsored by the Royal
Thai Armed Forces and the U.S. Armed Forces.
 8th edition of Indo-Seychelles joint counter insurgency/counter terrorism exercise, named
'Lamitye' began on February 24, 2018 in Seychelles. ‘Exercise Lamitye’ is conducted biennially
with an aim of enhancing cooperation and interoperability between Indian
Army and Seychelles People's Defence Forces.
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 8th edition of biennial ‘National Maritime Search and Rescue Workshop and Exercise’ between
ships and aircraft from the Indian and Japanese Coast Guards commenced on January 16, 2018
in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
 On January 29, 2018, armies of India and Vietnam began ‘VINBAX’, a six day-long military
exercise in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Vietnam – India Bilateral Army Exercise (VINBAX) is the
first military exercise between India and Vietnam.
 Indra 2018, joint India-Russia counter-terrorism exercise, to be held in UP in November.
 Indian Navy's P8I long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft from Indian Naval Ship (INS)
Rajali has inducted at Hawaii to take part in the Rim of Pacific Multinational Naval exercise
(RIMPAC-18) for the first time.
SPORTS
Asian Games 2018
Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event.It will be conducted every
four years from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation
(AGF) from the 1951 Asian Games, officially known as the First Asian Game in New Delhi, India,
until the 1978 Games.
Venue:
2022:- 19th Asian Games is scheduled to take place in Hangzhou, China.
2018:- 18th Asian Games held in Jakarta & Palembang in Indonesia.
2014 :-17th Asian Games has conducted in Incheon,South Korea.
Motto: “Energy of Asia”
Mascots: Bhin Bhin-a greater bird of paradise,Atung–a Bawean deer,Kaka–a Javan rhinoceros.
Highlights:
6 world, 18 Asian and 86 Asian Games records were broken during the event of 2018 Asian
Game.
Winners:
 China led the medal table for the 10th consecutive time.
 Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee was announced as the most valuable player (MVP) of the
2018 Asian Games.
Indian Performance:
India ranked 8th in 2014 Asian Games. India bagged 57 medals including 11 Gold, 10 Silver and
36 Bronze in 2014 Asian Games.Click here to read more.
World Wrestling Championships – 2018

 Held from October 20 to 28 in Budapest, Hungary.
Medal Tally:
 Japan won the most medals with 5 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze. Russia comes second with
8 medals.
 India is at the 17th place with 2 medals – 1 silver and 1 bronze.
 1Silver: Bajrang Punia bagged the silver medal; Pooja Dhanda won Bronze medal
Youth Olympic Games (YOG) 2018

 From 6th to 18th October 2018, Summer Youth Olympic Games 2018 was held in Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
 Manu Bhaker led the Indian team as the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent in the opening
ceremony. Jeremy Lalrinnunga was India’s flag bearer at the closing ceremony.
 4,000 athletes, from 206 teams, aged 15-18 participated. Indian contingent consisted of 68
members, including 46 athletes. This is India’s largest ever contingent at the Youth Olympics.
 Russian Federation topped the medal tally with 59 medals: 29 gold, 18 silver and 12 bronze
medals. Japan secured 2nd position with 39 medals: 15 gold, 12 silver, 12 bronze.
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 India obtained 17th position with 13 Medals: 3 gold, 9 silver and 1 bronze.
 Click here to read the medal winners.
2018 Asian Para Games In Jakarta, Indonesia
 From 6th to 13th October 2018, 2018 Asian Para Games was held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
 Logo: This year’s concept was ‘Harmony’. The circle shaped logo represented harmony that is
formed by nations throughout Asia, harmoniously shining to the world as ‘The Energy of
Asia’. Collection of pieces forming a circle represented the silhouette of Gelora Bung Karno
Stadium from top view. The 3 curves in 3 colors surrounding the man’s silhouette represented
diversified nations of Asia.
 Mascot: is MOMO (motivation and mobility). It is a graphic visualization of Bondol Eagle
(Haliastur Indus).Click here to read the entire medal winners.
FIFA Football Awards 2018

Award Winner
The Best FIFA Men’s Player Luka Modrić (Croatia)
The Best FIFA Women’s Player Marta (Brazil)
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach Didier Deschamps (France)
The Best FIFA Women’s Coach Reynald Pedros (France)
The Best FIFA Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)
FIFA Puskás Award Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
FIFA Fair Play Award Lennart Thy (Germany)
FIFA Fan Award Peru fans
FIFA FIFPro World11 2018 David De Gea, Dani Alves, Marcelo, Sergio
Ramos, Raphael Varane, Eden Hazard, N’Golo
Kante, Luka Modric, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian
Mbappe, Lionel Messi
Commonwealth Games 2018

The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games or Gold
Coast 2018,which is held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 15 April 2018.
 Motto - "Share the Dream".
 Mascot - Borobi
 Next Commonwealth Games 2022 - Birmingham, England.
 Shooting game excluded from 2022 Commonwealth Games .Click here to read the entire
medal winners.
Sports/Tournament/title Winner Points to be noted

Russian Grand Prixs Lewis Valtteri Bottas(Mercedes)
Hamilton(Mercedes) finished in second position. He
was followed by Ferrari’s
Sebastian Vettel in third place.
2018 Japanese Grand Prix Lewis Finland’s Valtteri
Hamilton(Mercedes) Bottas(Mercedes) secured
second
place while Verstappen(Red
Bull)finished third.
Basel Open Roger Federer Federer is now just 10 titles
short of the all-time record
holder Jimmy Connors, who
leads with 109.
Panasonic Open India Title Indian golfer Khalin Joshi Joshi became the seventh Indian
to win the Panasonic Open India
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title in the last eight editions of

the tournament.
Hockey Asian Champions India and Pakistan(were Akashdeep Singh is the Best
declared joint Winners) Player of the Series.
2018 WBL World Billiards India’s Sourav Kothari He defeated Peter Gilchrist of
Championship title Singapore 1134-944
Sultan Johar Cup Junior Hockey Great Britain won by It was played at Johor Bahru,
2018 defeating India Malaysia
Santo Domingo Open Trophy Leander Paes has won
U-19 Asia Cup Title India won by defeating It is held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka
IBSF World Under-16 Snooker Keerthana Pandian(India) The Finals held in St Petersburg,
Championships won Russia
Singapore Grand Prix 2018 Lewis Hamilton
Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton
German Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton
Archery
Samsun 2018 Hyundai Archery World Cup:
Medal Winners Event
Silver Abhishek Verma, Jyothi Compound’s Mixed Team event
Surekha
Bronze Abhishek Verma Men’s Compound individual
event
Bronze Deepika Kumari Recurve Women’s Individual
event
Badminton
Danisa Denmark Open 2018 (Badminton)
Danisa Denmark Open 2018 (Badminton) tournament was held in Odense Sports Park,Odense,
Denmark.The total prize of the tournament is $775,000.
Event Winner Runner-up
Men’s Singles Kento Momota (Japan) Chou Tien Chen (Chinese
Taipei)
Women’s Singles Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Taipei) Saina Nehwal (India)
Men’s Doubles Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, Kevin Takeshi Kamura, Keigo
Sanjaya Sukamuljo Sonoda (Japan)
(Indonesia)
Women’s Yuki Fukushima, Sayaka Shiho Tanaka, Koharu
Doubles Hirota (Japan) Yonemoto (Japan)
Mixed Doubles Zheng Siwei, Huang Yaqiong Dechapol Puavaranukroh,
(China) Sapsiree Taerattanachai
(Thailand)
2018 Vietnam Open (badminton)

Event Winner Runner-Up
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Men’s Shesar Hiren Rhustavito Ajay Jayaram (India)

Singles (Indonesia)
Women’s Yeo Jia Min (Singapore) Han Yue (China)
Singles
Men’s Ko Sung-hyun, Shin Baek-cheol Lee Sheng-mu, Yang Po-hsuan
Doubles (South Korea) (Chinese Taipei)
Women’s Misato Aratama, Akane Nami Matsuyama,Chiharu Shida
Doubles Watanabe (Japan) (Japan)
Mixed Nipitphon Phuangphuapet, Alfian Eko Prasetya, Marsheilla
Doubles Savitree Amitrapai (Thailand) Gischa Islami (Indonesia)
2018 Japan Open (badminton) tournament

Event Winner Runner-up
Men’s Singles Kento Momota (Japan) Khosit Phetpradab (Thailand)
Women’s Singles Carolina Marín (Spain) Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)
Men’s Doubles Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, Kevin Junhui Li, Yuchen Liu (China)
Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia)
Women’s Doubles Yuki Fukushima, Sayaka Hirota Qingchen Chen, Yifan Jia (China)
(Japan)
Mixed Doubles Zheng Siwei, Huang Yaqiong Yilyu Wang, Dongping Huang
(China) (China)
BWF World Championships 2018

Event Gold medal Silver medal
Men’s Singles Kento Momota (Japan) Shi Yuqi (China)
Women’s Singles Carolina Marin (Spain) P V Sindhu (India)
Men’s Doubles Li Junhui (China), Liu Yuchen Takeshi Kamura (Japan), Keigo
(China) Sonoda (Japan)
Women’s Singles Mayu Matsumoto (Japan), Wakana Yuki Fukushima (Japan),
Nagahara (Japan) Sayaka Hirota (Japan)
Mixed Doubles Zheng Siwei (China), Huang Wang Yilü (China), Huang
Yaqiong (China) Dongping (China)
Russian Open 2018 held in Vladivostok, Russia from July 24-29th 2018
Event Winner Runners Up
Men’s Singles Sourabh Verma (India) Koki Watanabe ( Japan)
Women’s Singles Ho Yen Mei (Malaysia) Shiroi Ebihara (Japan)
Men’s Doubles Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif & Nur Konstantin Abramov & Alexandr
Mohd Azriyn Ayub (Malaysia) Zinchenko (Russia)
Women’s Doubles Chisato Hoshi & Kie Nakanishi Choe Mei Kuan & Lee Meng Yean
(Japan) (Malaysia)
Mixed Doubles Vladmir Ivanov (Russia) & Kim Min Rohan Kapoor & Kuhoo Garg (India)
Kyung (South Korea)
Indian badminton player Lakshaya Sen defeated Indonesia’s Kunlavut Vitidsaran 21-19, 21-18 in the
finals and won gold medal in the Badminton Asia Junior Championship held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
2018 Malaysia Open (badminton)
Men’s Singles – Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
Women’s Singles – Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Taipei)
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Men’s Doubles – Takeshi Kamura, Keigo Sonoda (Japan)

Women’s Doubles – Misaki Matsutomo, Ayaka Takahashi (Japan)
Mixed Doubles – Zheng Siwei, Huang Yaqiong (China)
Boxing
Tournament and Position Total Medal Winners
Venue won by India
32nd Ahmet Comert Second 7 medals: 3 Gold medal: Monika Monika(Light Fly
Boxing gold, 2 silver (48kg)), Simranjit Kaur Baatth(Light
Tournament was held and 2 bronze. Welter (64kg)), Bhagyabati
in Istanbul, Turkey. Kachari(Light Heavy (81kg)).
Silver medal: Pinki Rani(Fly (51kg)),
M.Kumari Devi Maisnam(Bantam
(54kg)).
Bronze medal: Sonia Sonia(Light
(57kg)),Kavita Cehahal (Super Heavy
(+81kg))
Cricket
 Australian midfielder Mile Jedinak-Retired.
 England batsman Compton-Retired.
 Dwayne Bravo Retires from International Cricket
 Praveen Kumar Retires from all forms of Cricket
 Vijay Hazare Trophy 2018 :Mumbai defeated Delhi at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
 Former Pakistan left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman-Retired
Asia Cup 2018
 India won by defeating Bangladesh(This is India’s 7th Victory)
 Liton Das was the Player of The Match
 Shikhar Dhawan was declared as the Player of The Series.
Duleep Trophy 2018
 India Blue won India Red
 Indian Pacer RP Singh -Retired
18-Year-Old Prithvi Shaw -Youngest Indian to Score Century on Test Debut
England’s highest Test run-scorer Alastair Cook-Retired
 Jhulan Goswami announces retirement
 Australian cricketer Mitchell -Retired
 Former India spinner Ramesh Powar was named head coach of the women’s national team
Football
 Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev-Retired
2018 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup:
 Maldives defeated India in the final
 On 16th August 2018, Indian football team improved a rank and secured 96th position in the
latest FIFA world rankings. France Secured 1st Position.
 On August 15, 2018, Manchester City midfielder 32 year old David Silva announced his
retirement from international football.He is also known as “Spain’s Lionel Messi”.
 On August 7, 2018, Veteran German striker Mario Gomez announced his retirement from
international football .
FIFA World Cup:
 Champions: France (2nd title)
 Runners-up: Croatia
 Third place: Belgium
 Fourth place: England
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Category Player Country

Golden Ball Luka Modrić Croatia
Silver Ball Eden Hazard Belgium
Bronze Ball Antoine Griezmann France
Golden Boot Harry Kane(6 goals, 0 England
assists)
Silver Boot Antoine Griezmann(4 goals, France
2 assists)
Bronze Boot Romelu Lukaku(4 goals, 1 Belgium
assist)
Golden Glove Thibaut Courtois Belgium
Best Young Player Kylian Mbappé France
FIFA Fair Play Award Spain
Tennis
2018 ATP Shenzhen Open (Tennis)
Event Winners
Singles Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan)
Doubles Ben McLachlan (Japan), Joe Salisbury (United
Kingdom)
US Open (tennis) 2018

Category Winner Runner-up Highlight
Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic Juan Martín del Potro Novak Djokovic has
(Serbia) (Argentina) leveled with Pete
Sampras’s mark of 14
Grand Slams. Also, this is
3rd US Open title
Women’s Singles Naomi Osaka (Japan) Serena Williams Naomi Osaka has become
(United States) Japan’s 1st Grand Slam
singles champion
Men’s Doubles Mike Bryan (United Łukasz Kubot Mike Bryan won record
States), Jack Sock (Poland), Marcelo 18th Slam doubles title
(United States) Melo (Brazil) with Jack Sock
Women’s Doubles Ashleigh Barty Tímea Babos
(Australia), CoCo (Hungary), Kristina
Vandeweghe (United Mladenovic (France)
States)
Mixed Doubles Bethanie Mattek-Sands Alicja Rosolska This is Jamie Murray’s
(United States), Jamie (Poland), Nikola 4th Grand Slam mixed
Murray (United Mektić (Croatia) doubles title and his
Kingdom) 6th title overall. It is
Mattek-Sands’ 8th Slam
title
From 21st May to 10th June 2018, French Open tennis tournament was held in Paris, France.
Event Player Name Runner Up
2018 Men's Singles Rafael Nadal(spain) Dominic Thiem(Austria)
2018 Women's Singles Simona Halep(Rome) Sloane Stephens(USA)
2018 Men's Doubles Pierre-Hugues Oliver Marach(Austria) &
Herbert(France) Mate Pavic(Croatia)
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Nicolas Mahut(France)
2018 Women's Doubles Barbora Krejčíková(Czech Eri Hozumi(Japan) & Makoto
Republic) Ninomiya(Japan)
Kateřina Siniaková(Czech
Republic)
2018 Mixed Doubles Latisha Chan Gabriela Dabrowski,Mate
Ivan Dodig Pavic.
The 2018 Wimbledon Championships was the 132nd edition of the championship, the 125th staging
of the Ladies’ Singles Championship event, the 51st in the Open Era and the third Grand
Slam tournament of the year.
Event Winner Runners-Up
Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic(Serbia) Kevin Anderson (South
Africa)
Women’s Singles Angelique Kerber (Germany) Serena Williams (USA)
Men’s Doubles Mike Bryan (USA) Michael Venus (New
Zealand)
Jack Sock (USA) Raven Klaasen(South
Africa)
Women’s Doubles Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) Nicole Melichar (USA)
Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) Kveta Peschke(Czech
Republic)
Mixed Doubles Alexander Peya (Austria) Victoria Azarenka(Belarus)
Nicole Melichar (USA) Jamie Murray (UK)
2018 Australian Open – Winners:

Category Winner Runners-up
Men’s Singles Roger Federer (Switzerland) Marin Cilic (Croatia)
Women’s Singles Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) Simona Halep (Romania)
Men’s Doubles Oliver Marach (Austria) and Mate Juan Sebastian Cabal
Pavic (Croatia) (Colombia) and Robert Farah
(Colombia)
Women’sDoubles Timea Babos (Hungary) and Kristina Ekaterina Makarova (Russia)
Mladenovic (France) and Elena Vesnina (Russia)
Mixed Doubles Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) and Timea Babos (Hungary) and
Mate Pavic (Croatia) Rohan Bopanna (India)
Shooting
52nd ISSF World Championship In Changwon, Republic Of Korea
From 31st August to 15th September 2018, the 52nd ISSF World Championship was held
in Changwon, Republic of Korea. China topped the medal tally by winning 43 medals.Republic of
Korea secured 2nd position with 36 medalsIndia finished in 3rd spot with a total of 27 medals (11
gold, 9 silver, 7 bronze).Click here to read more
Other sports
 Professional Boxer Canelo Alvarez has signed the largest contract in the history of sports,
agreeing a five-year, 11-fight deal worth at least $365 million with streaming service DAZN.
 Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge-Record-In Marathon-clocked clocked 2 hours 1 minute 39 second
 Former Indian Hockey Captain Sardar Singh-Retired
 IAAF Continental Cup-Arpinder Singh won a medal-triple Jump
 International Master Nihal Sarin became the 53rd Grandmaster of India
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Upcoming Sports Events

Asian Games :
 Venue of Asian Games 2018 - Jakarta-Palembang, Indonesia.
 Venue of Asian Games 2022 – Hangzhou, China.
 Venue of Asian Games 2026 – Nagoya, Japan
Commonwealth Games (CWG)

 Venue of CWG Games 2018 – Gold Coast, Australia.
 Venue of CWG Games 2022 – Birmingham, England.
Olympics Games
Summer Olympic :
 Venue of Summer Olympic Games 2020 – Tokyo, Japan
 Venue of Summer Olympic Games 2024 – Paris, France
Winter Olympic :
 Venue of Winter Olympic Games 2018 – Pyeongchang, South Korea.
 Venue of Winter Olympic Games 2022 – Beijing, China
ICC World Cup Cricket

 Venue of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 – England, Wales.
 Venue of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 – India.
ICC World Cup T20

 Venue of World Cup T20 2016– India.
 Venue of World Cup 2020 – Australia.
ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup

 Venue of ICC Women Cricket World Cup 2017 – England.
 Venue of ICC Women Cricket World Cup 2021 – New Zealand.
ICC Women’s World Cup T20

 Venue of World Cup 2014 – Bangladesh.
 Venue of World Cup T20 2016– India.
 Venue of World Cup T20 2018– West Indies
 Venue of World Cup 2020 – Australia.
Hockey Men’s World Cup

 Venue of Hockey Men’s World Cup 2014 – The Hague, Netherlands.
 Venue of Hockey Men’s World Cup 2018 – Bhubaneswar, India.
Hockey Women’s World Cup

 Venue of Hockey Men’s World Cup 2018 – London, England.
FIFA (Football) World Cup

 Venue of FIFA World Cup 2018 – Russia.
 Venue of FIFA World Cup 2022 – Qatar.
FIFA Women's World Cup

 Venue of FIFA World Cup 2019 – France.
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BOOKS & AUTHORS

Book Name Author Other Information
NOVEMBER
The Fire Burns Blue: A Karunya It will provide a detailed narrative of cricket,
History of Women’s Keshav and Sidhanta from its origin to present day
Cricket in India Pathak
Notes of a Dream: The Krishna Trilok The biography narrates the journey of A.R.
Authorized Biography Rahman and unveils parts of his creative and
of A.R. Rahman personal life that are not known to many
people.
OCTOBER
“Feisty At Fifty” Sudha Menon The books speaks about different phases of a
woman’s life.
Gandhi: The years that Ramachandra Guha
changed the world
(1914-1948)
SEPTEMBER
Moving On, Moving Vice President Venkaiah Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the
Forward – A Year in Naidu book
Office
The Rule Breakers Preeti Shenoy Shenoy was recently featured in the book
"The Famous Writers and Their Cats" in
esteemed company of renowned
international writers.
Exam Warriors Prime Minister Narendra
Modi
Constitutionalizing Shri Bidyut Chakrabarty Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu
India: an Ideational released a book
Project
Story so far Sundeep Misra A book on sprinter Dutee Chand, who won
two silver medals at the 2018 Asian Games.
Sindhu Ghati Minister of State for Culture (Independent
Sabhyata:Ek Parichay Charge) and Environment, Forest & Climate
(Hindi) and The Change, Dr. Mahesh Sharma released the
National Museum books
Research Bulletin
Number 10
AUGUST
Atal Ji Ne Kaha Brijendra Rehi Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
281 and Beyond VVS Laxman After Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav
Ganguly,VVS Laxman is to launch his auto
biography.
No Spin Shane Warne This is his Auto-Biography
‘Jewellery’, ‘Ghats of Jewellery’ was written Minister of state for Culture (I/C), Dr. Mahesh
Banaras’and ‘Untold by Dr. Gulab Kothari, Sharma released the book.
Story of Broadcasting’ Ghats of Banaras’ was
written by Dr.
Sachidanand
Joshi and ‘Untold Story of
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Broadcasting’ was written

by Dr. Gautam Chatterjee.
Bebak Baat Vijay Goel Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu released
the book.
Sea Prayer Khaled Hosseini A tribute to Alan Kurdi.Earlier “Sea Prayer”
was produced in collaboration with UNHCR
(United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees) and released as a Guardian virtual
film on 1st September 2017.
Weather Information R K Singh, Minister of State (IC) for Power
Portal for Indian and New & Renewable Energy released this
Power System book in Power System Operation
Corporation limited (POSOCO), New Delhi.
JUNE
Water productivity Union Minister for Water Resources, River
mapping of major Development and Ganga Rejuvenation,
Indian crops Shipping, Road Transport & Highways Nitin
Gadkari released a book, published by
NABARD at an event in New Delhi.
Vedvigyan Alok Acharya Agnivarat
Naishthik
Legal Processes for the Union Minister for Women To prevent crimes against children.
Police in Respect of and Child Development
Crime Against Children Maneka Gandhi and
Minister of State for Home
Hansraj Ahir
The Great Indian Ravi Singh, Secretary and WWF-India has launched its first-ever comic
Nature Trail with CEO, WWF-India book.
Uncle Bikky
OBITUARY
NATIONAL
Name of the person who Field Points to be noted
passed away
OCTOBER
Geeta Upalekar She was popularly known as the ‘Woman with
the Lamp’
Gandhian Natwar Thakkar He was popularly known as ‘Nagaland’s Gandhi’.
He was a recipient of Padmashree award.
Narayan Datt Tiwari Politician Former Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Chief
Minister.
Qazi Abdussattar Writer Padma Shri awardee and noted Urdu writer. He
was the
former head of Aligarh Muslim University's Urdu
department.
Madan Lal Khurana Politician Former Delhi Chief minister. He was appointed
the governor of Rajasthan in 2004.
G D Agarwal Environmentalist Died after a heart attack in Rishikesh,
Uttarakhand while he was on fast for the last 111
days demanding a clean Ganga.
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Annapurna Devi Musician

MN Paloor Malayalam poet
Pandit Tulsidas Borkar Harmonium player
SEPTEMBER
Anna Rajam Malhotra Administrator India’s first woman IAS officer
Bhagwati Kumar Sharma Noted Gujarati author and poet
Biswanath Dutt Former BCCI president
Dolagobinda Pradhan Noted freedom fighter and former Odisha
Minister
Tarun Sagar Jain monk His lectures called “Kadve Pravachan” were very
popular and he was followed by many people
from the Jain community.
Kalpana Lajmi Filmmaker
Satya Prakash Malviya Politician Former Union petroleum minister
Vijay Shankar Vyas Agricultural Former PM's Economic Advisory Committee
Economist member.
AUGUST
Ajit Wadekar Cricketer Former India cricket captain
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Politician Former prime minister of India. He was awarded
with the Bharat Ratna Award the highest civilian
award in 2015. He was 3 time P.M during
1996,1998-1999,1999-2004.
Balramji Das Tandon Chhattisgarh Governor
Kuldip Nayar Journalist
M Karunanidhi Politician Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief and
former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
Somnath Chatterjee Former Lok Sabha speaker
Krishna Shripadrao library scientist The state government had honoured him with
Deshpande the Rajyotsava award.He is also the recipient of
the prestigious Kaula-Ranganath award.
Mony K. Mathew Senior financial He was a senior assistant editor at The Hindu
journalist BusinessLine.He had worked with The Indian
Express and The Financial Express before joining
The Hindu BusinessLine.
Sumatheendra R. Nadig Kannada writer, poet, He had won the Karnataka Sahitya Academy
critic and translator award 3 times in 1994, 1997 and 1999. He had
also received other awards like Karnataka
Rajyotsava Prashasti, Dinakara Pratisthana
Prashasti, V.M. Inamdar Prashasti, and M.V. Si.
Puraksara.
Hakam Singh Athlete He had won gold medal in 20 km race walk event
at the 1978 Asian at Bangkok and created a new
Record.He received the Dhyan Chand Award in
2008.
Chemmanam Chacko Poet He had won several awards, including those by
the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Sanjayan Award,
Kunjan Nambiar Kavitha puraskaram, P Smaraka
Puraskaram and Mahakavi Ulloor Award.
JULY
Basabi Nandi Actress She was also a playback singer.In 1974, she
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received the Best Supporting Actress Award from

Bengal Film Journalists Association.
Dada Vaswani Spiritual leader
Gopal Das Neeraj poet & lyrics He was conferred with Padma Shri in 1991 and
Padma Bhushan in 2007
M.N. Vyasa Rao Kannada Poet He had also received Karnataka Rajya Sahitya
Academy award for his short story collection
“Maleyalli Neneda Maragalu”.
Ramapada Chowdhury Noted Bengali writer His story ‘Abhimanyu’ was made into an award
winning Hindi movie named ‘Ek doctor ki maut’
in 1990. He was awarded the Sahitya Academy
award in 1988. He had also received
the Rabindra Puraskar, Ananda
Puraskarand Rabindranath Tagore Memorial
International Prize.
Ramchandra Singhdeo Politician Former and first Finance Minister of Chhattisgarh
Rita Bhaduri Actor
Swapan Sarkar Journalist
JUNE
Adiraju Venkateswara Rao Journalist
Nerella Venumadhav Mimicry artiste He has conferred with Padma Shri in 2001
Pappu Karki Kumaoni folk singer
Rasaraj' Narayan Prasad Lyricist
Singh
Timothy Pereira Former football player
B sujatha devi Poetess She had received the kerala sahitiya akademi
award.
Shujaat bukhari Veteran journalist He had organized various conferences for peace
and editor of the rising in the kashmir valley. He also participated in the
kashmir newspaper track ii process with pakistan.
INTERNATIONAL
Name of the person who Field Points to be noted
passed away
OCTOBER
Will Vinton Oscar-winning
animator
Osamu Shimomura Marine Biologist He is the winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry
Paul Allen Microsoft Co-Founder
SEPTEMBER
Tran Dai Quang Politician Former President of Vietnam
AUGUST
John McCain US Senator
Kofi Annan Former United Nations Secretary-General
Uri Avnery Israeli journalist and
peace activist
V.S. Naipaul Writer Nobel Prize-winning British author .He wrote
more than 30 books and won the Nobel
Literature Prize in 2001.
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Aretha Franklin US singer In the late 1960s, she earned the title “Queen of
Soul”.She performed at the inaugurations of
three US Presidents: Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton,
and Barack Obama.
Neil Simon Playwright He had received: 4 Tony Awards, the Pulitzer
Prize, the Kennedy Center honors (1995), 4
Writers Guild of America Awards, an American
Comedy Awards Lifetime Achievement honor,
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2006).
JULY
Jonathan Gold Food critic He became the first restaurant critic & won
Pulitzer Prize in 2007.He was the subject of a
documentary named “City of Gold” released in
2015.
Chiyo Miyako world’s oldest person She was 117 years old Japanese woman.She
became the world’s oldest person in April 2018
after Nabi Tajima of Japan died at the age of 117
years.
JUNE
Maria Bueno Brazilian tennis She was considered the Brazilian "queen" of
player tennis. She had won three Wimbledon and four
US championship singles titles. She was called
by the nickname the "Sao Paulo Swallow".
Shahzahan Bachchu Bangladeshi writer He owned a publishing house named 'Bishaka
Prokashoni'. The publishing house was known
for publishing poetry
Jamsheed Marker Pakistani diplomat He has been listed in the Guinness Book of
and world record- World Records under the title of "World's
holder longest-serving ambassador.
Charles Krauthammer Columnist and pundit Krauthammer is credited with coining the term
“The Reagan Doctrine” for President Reagan’s
policy of aiding anti-Communist movements
worldwide and the Pulitzer Prize-winning
columnist
Mushtaq Ahmad Yousufi Renowned Urdu The government of Pakistan conferred upon
satirist and humour him two highest literary awards Sitara-i-Imtiaz
writer and Hilal-i-Imtiaz in 1999 and 2002,
respectively.
IMPORTANT DAYS
Observed Day Other information
date/week
1st october 2018 World Habitat Day Theme of 2018 for World Habitat Day is “Municipal
Solid Waste Management”.
1st october 2018 International Day of To create awareness on issues that affect the older
Older Persons persons like health issues and elder abuse. Theme: for
International Day of Older Persons 2018 is “Celebrating
Older Human RightsChampions.”
1st october 2018 World Vegetarian Day To promote
vegetarianism and highlights the ethical,
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environmental, health, and humanitarian benefits of a

vegetarian lifestyle.
1st october 2018 International Coffee Celebrate the journey of the coffee bean from farm to
Day mug.Theme for International Coffee Day2018 is
“Women in Coffee”.
2nd october 2018 International Day of To propagate non-violence through education and
Non-Violence public awareness
2nd october 2018 Gandhi Jayanti Gandhi Jayanti was observed all over India,
commemorating Mahatma Gandhi’s 149th birth
anniversary. This day also marks the anniversary of the
government cleanliness drive “Swacch Bharat
Abhiyaan”. Indian government has announced a two-
year celebration to mark the 150th birth anniversary of
Mahatma Gandhi.
4th october 2018 World Animal Day It aims to raise the status of animals, improve welfare
standards and protect endangered species and natural
habitat.
5th october 2018 International teachers 25th International Teachers Day or World Teacher’s
day Day. This year’s theme is: “The right to education
means the right to a qualified teacher ”
8th october 2018 Indian Air Force (IAF) celebrated its 86th anniversary commemorating its
celebrates 86th official foundation day.Indian Air Force Day is
anniversary celebrated to mark the official establishment of Indian
Air Force.
8th october 2018 Wild Life Week The national program of Wild Life Week concluded at
the National Zoological Park in New Delhi. Wildlife
Week is observed every year from October 2 to 8.
9th october 2018 World Post Day To create awareness about the role of postal sector in
the everyday activities of people and its contribution to
the social and economic development
10th october 2018 World Mental Health Theme: for World Mental Health Day 2018 is “Young
Day People and Mental Health in a Changing World”.
11th october 2018 International Day of The theme for International Day of the Girl Child 2018
the Girl Child is “With Her: A Skilled Girl Force”.
11th october 2018 World Obesity Day The theme of World Obesity Day focuses on weight
stigma.
11th october 2018 World Sight Day To highlights issues of blindness and vision
impairment. Theme: for World Sight Day 2018 is “Eye
Care Everywhere”.
12th october 2018 World Arthritis Day To creates awareness on issues affecting people with
rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs).
12th october 2018 World Egg Day The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and
Fisheries , Government of India organized “World Egg
Day”. Sanction orders were given to 5 entrepreneur
beneficiaries under the Poultry Venture Capital Fund -
Entrepreneurship Development and Employment
Generation component of National Livestock Mission.
13th october 2018 World Migratory Bird Theme: for World Migratory Bird Day 2018 is "Unifying
Day our Voices for Bird Conservation".
13th october 2018 International Day for Theme for International Day for Disaster Reduction
Disaster Reduction 2018 is ‘Reducing Disaster Economic Losses’
9th-15th october 2018 National Postal Week Department of Posts is celebrating National Postal
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Week, marking the World Post Day (October

9).Maharashtra Postal Circle is organising celebrations
during the National Postal Week 2018 in its 6 regions:
Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad
and Goa.
15th october 2018 International Day of Theme: for 2018 is “Sustainable infrastructure,
Rural Women services and social protection for gender equality and
the empowerment of rural women and girls”.
15th october 2018 World Students’ Day In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly declared
15 October as World Students’ Day.
15th october 2018 Rashtriya Mahila Rashtriya Mahila Kisan Diwas (National Women’s
Kisan Diwas Farmer’s Day) was celebrated to increase the active
participation of women in agriculture.
16th october 2018 World Food Day FAO and World Food Day Committee conducted 2018
World Food Day event, with the theme “Our actions are
our future. A #zero hunger world by 2030 is possible”.
17th october 2018 International Day for Theme for International Day for the Eradication of
the Eradication of Poverty 2018 is “Coming together with those furthest
Poverty behind to build an inclusive world of universal respect
for human rights and dignity”.
17th october 2018 World Trauma Day Road Traffic Accident is the leading cause of trauma
(WTD) throughout the world.
20th october 2018 World Osteoporosis campaign calls for global action to improve bone health
Day and prevent fractures due to osteoporosis, including
vertebral (spine) fractures.
20th october 2018 National Solidarity observed in India.National Solidarity Day is an annual
day reminder of fundamental unity.
24th october 2018 World Polio Day This day aims to create awareness on polio and efforts
taken to eliminate this disease.
24th october 2018 United Nations Day 2018 UN Day Concert will be in UN Headquarters in
New York, with the theme “Traditions of Peace and
Non-violence”.
24th october 2018 World Development This day highlights development problems and the
Information Day need to strengthen international cooperation to solve
them
27th october 2018 World Day for Theme: “Your Story is Moving”.
Audiovisual Heritage
27th october 2018 72nd Infantry Day Infantry Day is celebrated to commemorate the selfless
Celebrations in India dedication to duty by Indian Army’s Infantrymen. A
wreath laying ceremony was organised at ‘Amar Jawan
Jyoti’, in New Delhi.
29th october 2018 Odisha Disaster Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched
Preparedness Day the Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS) on
October 29 2018 and the mass message system to
inform people in advance of upcoming calamities on
the occasion of Odisha Disaster Preparedness Day.
29th october - Vigilance Awareness Theme for 2018 Vigilance Awareness Week is:
3rd November 2018 Week “Eradicate Corruption-Build a New India “.
31st october 2018 World Savings Day or to creates awareness among people about the
World Thrift day importance of saving their money in a bank.
31st october 2018 World Cities Day The general theme of World Cities Day is Better City,
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Better Life. The main event of this years ‘World Cities

Day’ was celebrated in Liverpool, UK
2nd September World coconut day Theme:‘Coconut for Good Health, Wealth & Wellness’.
5th September International Day of
Charity
5th September National Teacher’s To mark the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli
Day Radhakrishnan, the first Vice-President, and the second
President of independent India.
8th September International Literacy Theme is “literacy and skill development
day
10th September World Suicide Theme for World Suicide Prevention Day
Prevention Day 2018: ‘Working Together to Prevent Suicide.’
(WSPD)
12th September International Day for To promote, coordinate and support South-South and
South-South triangular cooperation globally and within the United
Cooperation Nations system
14th September Hindi Diwas In 1881,Bihar accepted Hindi as its sole official
language, replacing Urdu, and thus became the first
state of India to adopt Hindi.
15th September 51st Engineers Day This day is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of
the greatest Indian engineer Bharat
Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya who was born on
15 September 1861.
15th September International Coastal It is organized under the guidance of United Nations
Cleanup-2018 day Environment Program (UNEP) and South Asia Co-
operative Environment Program in the South Asian
Region.
15th September International Day of Theme for International Day of Democracy
Democracy 2018: Democracy under Strain: Solutions for a
Changing World.
16th September International Day for Theme: for International Day for the Preservation of
the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 2018 is ‘Keep Cool and Carry On: The
the Ozone Layer Montreal Protocol’.
21st September 2018 International Day of Theme: for International Day of Peace 2018 is “The
Peace Right to Peace - The Universal Declaration of Human
Rights at 70.”
21st September 2018 World Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s disease is a group of disorders that impairs
Day memory and other mental functions.
22nd World Rose Day or The purpose of celebrating Rose Day is to make cancer
September 2018 Cancer Free Day patients become strong to face the disease with spirit
and will power.
22nd Rhino Day During the 10th meeting of the State Board for Wildlife
September 2018 Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal expressed
the idea to make people aware about the importance of
Rhinos.
23rd September 2018 International Day of Theme: for International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL)
Sign Languages (IDSL) 2018: “With Sign Language, Everyone is Included!”
25th September,2018 Antyodaya Divas It is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Pandit
Deendayal Upadhyaya. This year it was celebrated as
part of fortnight Swachhata Hi Sewa movement that was
launched in September 15, 2018.
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26th September 2018 World Contraception To create awareness of all contraceptive methods
Day available and help young people make informed
decisions on their sexual and reproductive health.
26th September 2018 International Day for To create public awareness on nuclear disarmament
the Total Elimination matters, educate people on the potential threat by
of Nuclear Weapons nuclear weapons and the need for their total
elimination.
27th September 2018 World Maritime Day Theme: for World Maritime Day 2018 is – “IMO 70: Our
Heritage – Better Shipping for a Better Future”.
27th September 2018 World Tourism Day To create awareness on the importance of tourism and
its social, cultural, political and economic value.Theme:
for World Tourism Day 2018 is – “Tourism and the Digital
Transformation”.
28th September 2018 World Rabies Day To create awareness about rabies prevention and to
share the progress in fighting this disease. Theme: for
World Rabies Day 2018 is “Rabies: Share the message.
Save a life”.
28th September 2018 International Day for It aims to make sure public access to information and
Universal Access to protection of fundamental freedoms.
Information
29th September 2018 World Heart Day To creates awareness on Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
including heart disease and stroke, which is the world’s
leading cause of death. It highlights the preventive and
control measures for CVD.Theme: for World Heart Day
2018 is "My Heart, Your Heart".
30th September 2018 International To pay tribute to translators and highlights their
Translation Day importance.Theme: for International Translation Day
2018 is “Translation: promoting cultural heritage in
changing times”.
1st August Earth Overshoot Day
6th August 73rd Hiroshima day On this day in 1945, the US bomber Enola Gay dropped
the first atomic bomb nicknamed ‘Little Boy’ ever used
in military combat on Hiroshima.
7th August National Handloom The National Handloom Day was launched in 2015. It
Day marks the day on which Swadeshi movement was
launched.
9th August 76th anniversary of
Quit India movement
9th August International Day of The theme for International Day of the World’s
the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2018 is: Indigenous peoples’
Indigenous Peoples migration and movement.
10th August World Biofuel Day To raise awareness about the significance of non fossil
fuels which can be used as an alternative to fossil fuels.
The Prime Minister also released a booklet on“National
Policy on Biofuels 2018”.
12th August International Youth The Theme for IYD 2018 is: “Safe space for Youth”.
Day
12th August World Elephant Day
14th August Shaheed Saman Madhya government had decided to honour families of
Diwas martyrs of Madhya Pradesh origin, who sacrificed their
lives during war, military action and internal security.
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15th August 72nd Independence Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that, India’s
Day manned space mission will be launched by 2022.
19th August World Humanitarian
Day
19th August World photography
day
20th August World Mosquito Day This day is a honor of British doctor Sir Ronald
Ross’s discovery in 1897 that female mosquitoes
transmit malaria between humans.
20th August National Sadbhavana
Day
21st August International Day of
Remembrance of and
Tribute to the Victims
of Terrorism
21st August World Senior Citizen Theme of “Stepping into the Future: Tapping the
Day Talents, Contributions and Participation of Older
Persons in Society.”
23rd August International Day for This day was first celebrated in a several countries
the Remembrance of including Haiti on 23rd August 1998.
the Slave Trade and
Its Abolition
29th August International Day The first International Day against Nuclear Tests was
against Nuclear Tests observed in 2010.
29th August National Sports Day In India, National Sports Day is celebrated on August
29 every year on the birth anniversary of Indian
hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.
30th August International Day of This day creates awareness on enforced or involuntary
the Victims of disappearances like arrest, detention, abduction or any
Enforced other form of enforced disappearances.
Disappearances
1st July National Doctors' Day He had received the Bharat Ratna Award in 1961. He
was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal.The
theme for Doctors' Day 2018 as: 'zero tolerance to
violence against doctors and clinical establishment'.
1st July International Joke Day International Joke Day is said to have officially started
in the United States. The first joke is often attributed to
the Greeks.
1st July GST Day
2nd July World Sports World Sports Journalists Day was established by the
Journalists Day International Sports Press Association (AIPS) in 1994
to mark the 70th anniversary of its foundation.
2nd July World UFO The first World UFO Day was celebrated in 2001.This
(Unidentified Flying day is celebrated to create awareness about the
Objects) day existence of UFO’s.
4th July 242nd America This day is celebrated every year as America
Independence Day Independence Day. This day is a federal holiday in the
United States.
7th July World Chocolate Day This day is said to be commercially celebrated since
2009.
7th July International Co- The theme for International Day of Cooperatives 2018
operative Day is: "sustainable consumption and production of goods
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and services".The Slogan is: Sustainable societies

through cooperation
7th July Global forgiveness It is said that, in 1994 the Christian Embassy of Christ’s
day Ambassador marked August 27th as the National
Forgiveness day.
11th July World Population Day Theme for 2018:- "Family Planning is a Human right"It
aims to spread awareness on issues such as
overpopulation, under-population and birth control.
12th July International Malala
Day
15th July World Youth Skills The United Nations General Assembly declared 15 July
Day as World Youth Skills Day to create awareness on the
importance of investing in youth skills development.
18th July International Nelson
Mandela Day
26th July Kargil Vijay Diwas Kargil Vijay Diwas honours the martyrs who sacrificed
their lives for India in the 1999 Kargil War.
28th July World Hepatitis Day Theme for World Hepatitis Day 2018 as: “Test. Treat.
Hepatitis”.
28th July Nature Conservation Aim to achieve 175 GW of power by 2022.
Day
29th July International tiger It is done to raise awareness for tiger conservation.
day or Global Tiger
day
30th July World Day against Theme: ‘Responding to the trafficking of children and
Trafficking in Persons young people’
30th July International Day of
Friendship
31st July World Ranger Day This day is celebrated to honour Rangers killed or
injured during duty. It also honours the work of
Rangers in safeguarding earth’s natural treasures and
cultural heritage.
1st June Global Day of Parents In 2012, the UN General Assembly declared June 1 as
Global Day of Parents.
2nd June Telangana statehood It became India’s 29th state on 2 June 2014
day
3rd June World Bicycle Day June 3 was declared as World Bicycle Day on 12th April
2018 by United Nations. 3 June 2018 is the first World
Bicycle Day.
4th June International Day of On 19 August 1982, the UN General Assembly declared
Innocent Children 4 June as the International Day of Innocent Children
Victims of Aggression Victims of Aggression..
4th June 29th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 is also known as
Tiananmen Massacre the June Fourth Incident in China. On this day in 1989
Observed students held demonstrations in Beijing.
5th June World Environment Mr. Mahesh Sharma inaugurated a total of 3 thematic
day sessions on the theme of ‘ Beat Plastic Pollution’. MoS
Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurates an event organized to
start a mass movement against plastic pollution.
6th June Russian Language day In 2010, the United Nations established language days
for all its six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English,
French, Russian, and Spanish.
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8th June World Brain Tumor World brain tumour day was first observed by German
Day Brain Tumour Association (Deutsche Hirntumorhilfe
e.V.).
8th June World Oceans Day The Action focus for World Oceans Day 2018
is: preventing plastic pollution and encouraging
solutions for a healthy ocean.
(4th to 8th ) June Financial Literacy The theme: Consumer Protection.This event would
week create awareness among customer of banks about the
various financial products and services available to
them and would encourage them to go digital.
11th June Green Mizoram Day The Green Mizoram Day is observed every year on
11th June since 1999. On this day government
employees, students and members of NGOs planted
large number of trees.
12th June World Day Against The theme for 2018 is: ‘Generation Safe & Healthy’.
Child Labour
13th June International The theme for 2018 is: “shining our light to the world”.
Albinism Awareness
Day
14th June World Blood Donor The theme for 2018 is: “Be there for someone else. Give
Day blood. Share life”.
15th June World Elder Abuse The theme this year is “Moving from Awareness to
Awareness Day Action through a Human Rights based approach”.
16th June International Day of This day aims to achieve the SDGs (Sustainable
Family Remittances Development Goals) "One Family at a Time" produced
for the International Day of Family Remittances 2018.
16th June International International Integration is a financial concept in which
Integration Day countries have greater number of financial
transactions, investments & interests outside their
borders.
17th June World Day to Combat 2018 Theme of WDCD :- “Land has true value – invest
Desertification and in “
Drought
18th June International Picnic
Day
18th June Sustainable In 2016, the UN General Assembly declared 18 June as
Gastronomy Day Sustainable Gastronomy Day.
19th June International Day for The theme for 2018 is: “The Plight and Rights of
the Elimination of Children Born of War”.
Sexual Violence in
Conflict
20th June National Reading Day On June 20, 2018, The Union Human Resource
Development Minister, Shri Prakash
Javadekar launched the new digital initiative of HRD
Ministry ‘National Digital Library of India’ in New
Delhi.
20th June World Refugee Day The theme for 2018 is: ‘Now More Than Ever, We Need
to Stand with Refugees’.
21st June World Music Day It was first celebrated in Paris in 1982. This day is
celebrated in 120 countries throughout the world.
21st June International Yoga The main event of 4th International Yoga Day
Day celebrations (IDY-2018) was held at Forest Research
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Institute in Dehradun, Uttrakhand.The theme for 2018

is: “Yoga for peace”.
23rd June International Olympic The International Olympic Day is celebrated all around
Day the world for commemorating the birth of modern
Olympic games on June 23, 1894 at Sorbonne in Paris.
23rd June United Nations Public The 2018 United Nations Public Service Forum will
Service Day take place in Marrakesh, in the Kingdom of Morocco
from 21- 23 June 2018, with the theme of
“Transforming governance to realize the Sustainable
Development Goals”.
23rd June International Widows The day was launched by the United Nations in 2010
Day
25th June Day of the seafarer Day of the Seafarer is coordinated by the International
Maritime Organization. The theme for Day of the
Seafarer 2018 is:"seafarers' wellbeing".
26th June International Day The theme for 2018 is: "Listen First - Listening to
Against Drug Abuse children and youth is the first step to help them grow
and Illicit Trafficking healthy and safe."
27th June Micro, Small and Indian President Ram NathKovind, inaugurated the
Medium-sized Udyam Sangam-2018 in New Delhi & launches Solar
Enterprises Day Charkha Mission, recruitment portal for MSMEs.
29th June International Day of On 29th June 2014, Aung San Suu Kyi launched the first
the Tropics State of the Tropics Report
25-29th June DISHA Week DISHA Week is celebrated to mark completion of 2
years of the District Development Coordination and
Monitoring Committee.
29th June 12th Statistics Day The theme selected for the Statistics Day this year
is ‘‘Quality Assurance in Official Statistics’.
Vice President of India released a commemorative coin
of Rs 125 and circulation coin of Rs 5 denomination as
a mark of respect to Prof. Mahalanobis.
30th June International Asteroid International Asteroid Day marks the anniversary of
Day the Tunguska asteroid event that happened on
30th June 1908, in Siberia, Russian Federation, was the
largest asteroid impact recorded on Earth.
30th June International Day of 30 June 2018, is celebrated as the first International
Parliamentarism Day of Parliamentarism. On 30th June 1889 the Inter-
Parliamentary Union was established.
2018 Indian Army observes On June 19, 2018, The ministry of Defence is observing
2018 as Year of the year 2018 as the ‘Year of Disabled Soldiers in Line
Disabled Soldiers in of Duty’.
Line of Duty to honor
their sacrifice
1st May Maharashtra Day and On 1st May 2018, Gujarat and Maharashtra celebrated
Gujarat Day their Statehood Day.Maharashtra and Gujarat came
into existence as states on 1st May 1960.
1st May World Labour Day The theme of the International Labour Day in the year
2018 is “Uniting Workers for Social and Economic
Advancement”.
1st May World Asthma Day The theme for 2018 is: 'Never too early, never too late.
It's always the right time to address airways disease.
2nd May World Tuna Day The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) has
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announced the theme for World Tuna Day 2018

as: Smart Tuna - Smart Ocean.
3rd May World Press Freedom The theme for World Press Freedom Day 2018
Day is: Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The
Rule of Law.
4th May International It is observed to honor the sacrifices made by
Firefighters’ Day firefighters to safeguard their communities and
environment.
5th May World Cartoonist’s On 5th May 1895, the first colour cartoon “The Yellow
Day Kid” that was created by Richard F Outcault was
published.
6th May International No Diet It is a celebration of body acceptance, fat acceptance
Day (INDD) and body shape diversity.Its symbol is a light blue
ribbon.
7th May The World Athletics It is celebrated every year to popularize sports among
Day the youth, to promote athletics as the primary sport in
schools and institutions and to encourage and
introduce new talents and youngsters in the field of
athletics.
8th May World Red Cross Day The theme for World Red Cross Day 2018
is “Memorable smiles from around the world”.
11th May National Technology Science & Technology for a sustainable future
Day
12th May International Nurses The theme for International Nurses Day 2018 was
Day chosen as “Nurses A Voice to Lead – Health is a Human
right” by ICN.
12th May World Migratory Bird The theme for World Migratory Bird Day 2018
Day is: "Unifying our Voices for Bird Conservation". Also
2018 is the "Year of the Bird".
15th May International Day of The theme for International Day of Families
the Families 2018: “Families and inclusive societies”.
16th May International Day of The Aim of is to build a world which is surrounded by
Living Together in peace & to enrich the quality of forgiveness and
Peace Compassion.
16th May International Day of To create awareness of the primary usage of Light & to
Light describe the importance of Light based Science &
technologies & with an Objective to offer UNESCO and
opportunity to fulfill its mission of promoting
international cooperation in the basic sciences and
STEM Education.
17th May ‘World Tele- Theme:Enabling the positive use of Artificial
communication and Intelligence for All.
Information Society
Day’
17th May International day The theme for International day against Homophobia,
against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 2018 is: “Alliances for
Transphobia and Solidarity”.
Biphobia
17th May World Hypertension The theme for World Hypertension Day 2018 is: “Know
Day Your Numbers”, with a goal of increasing high blood
pressure (BP) awareness in all populations around the
world.
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18th May International Museum The theme for International Museum Day 2018 is:
Day "Hyperconnected museums: New approaches, new
publics".
18th May World AIDS This day stresses on the urgent need for a vaccine to
Vaccination day prevent HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection
and AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).
20th May World Bee day Slovenia's northern Alpin village of Zirovnica was the
home town of the 18th-century Slovenian beekeeping
pioneer Anton Jansa, whose date of birth, May 20, had
chosen for World Bee Day.
21st May Anti Terrorism Day This day aims to create awareness on the ongoing
terrorist activities and precautions that are need to be
taken to prevent terrorism acts.
21st May World Day for This day provides an opportunity to improve our
Cultural Diversity for understanding of cultural diversity and to work for the
Dialogue and goals of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and
Development Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
adopted on 20th October 2005.
22nd May International Bio- The theme for International Bio-diversity Day 2018
diversity Day is: Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Biodiversity.
24th May Commonwealth Day Commonwealth Day was earlier known as Empire Day.
2018 It is an annual celebration of the Commonwealth of
Nations.The theme for Commonwealth Day 2018
is: ‘Towards a Common Future’.
25th May International Missing The International Missing Children's Day is celebrated
Children's Day to honour missing and abducted children and to
celebrate recovered children.
25th May World Thyroid Theme for World Thyroid Awareness Day 2018
Awareness Day is: 'Environment and the Thyroid'.
29th May International Day of Theme of 2018 International Day of UN Peacekeepers
UN Peacekeepers is : 70 Years of Service and Sacrifice.This was
celebrated since 1948.
30th May Goa Statehood Day It became the 25th state of India. Earlier it was a Union
Territory along with Daman and Diu.
31st May World No Tobacco The theme of World No Tobacco Day 2018 is: "Tobacco
Day 2018 and heart disease".
1st April Odisha Formation Day Also known as Utkal Dibasa or Utkal Divas was
celebrated to mark the formation of Odisha as a
separate province on 1st April 1936
2nd April World Autism The theme is: "Empowering Women and Girls with
Awareness Day Autism".
2nd April SIDBI celebrated its Day of Sampark (connect), Sanwad (interaction),
foundation day Suraksha (security) and Sampreshan (disseminate),&
they launched the ‘MSME contact
programme’,Samridhhi,‘Bankability Kit’.
4th April International Day for 2018 theme - Advancing Protection, Peace and
Mine Awareness and Development.
Assistance in Mine
Action
5th April 55th edition of The theme for National maritime Day 2018 is: 'Indian
National maritime Shipping - An Ocean of opportunity'.
Day
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6th April International Day of Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of
Sport for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social
Development and Affairs (UN DESA) has launched the online campaign
Peace #PlayforGlobalGoals
7th April World Health Day 2018 theme: Universal health coverage: everyone,
everywhere. The slogan is “Health for All”.
8th April International Romani It is also known as International Roma Day celebrates
Day Romani culture and creates awareness on issues faced
by Romani people
10th April World Homeopathy Evolve,Progress:Exploring Science since 40 years
Dy
11th April 63rd Railway Week He presented Merit Certificates and Cash Awards to
Function of Railway officials of Railway Board for their outstanding
Board performances during 2017-18
11th April National Safe 2018 theme-‘Respectful Maternity Care’
Motherhood Day
12th April International Day of On 12th April 1961 Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union,
Human Space Flight & performed the first manned flight to the space on a
World Aviation and “Vostok-1” spaceship.
Cosmonautics Day
13th April 99th anniversary The gathering took place to celebrate the Punjabi
Jallianwallah Bagh harvest festival of Baisakhi and to protest against the
Massacre repressive Rowlatt Act
14th April B.R.Ambedkar He was the architect of Indian Constitution. He is
Remembrance Day known as the "Father of Indian Constitution"
15th April 14th Raising Day Tributes were paid to martyrs of Indian Army at a
ceremony at 'Prerna Sthal' in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on the
14th raising day
15th April Himachal Pradesh
71st foundation day
17th April World Haemophilia 2018 theme: Sharing Knowledge Makes Us Stronger
Day
18th April World Heritage Day 2018 theme: Heritage for Generations
19th April World Liver Day 2018 theme: "Riding new waves in liver diagnosis,
staging and treatment."
21st April World Creativity and This day will be observed six days after Leonardo da
Innovation Day Vinci’s birthday and one day before International
Mother Earth Day.
21st April Secretaries Day also
known as
Administrative
professionals Day
21st April Civil Services day This date is chosen to honor the day in 1947 when first
Home Minister of Independent India,
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel addressed the probationers
of Administrative Services Officers at Metcalf House,
Delhi
22nd April Earth Day 2018 theme: 'End Plastic Pollution'
23rd April World Book and The 2018 edition of World Book and Copyright Day is
Copyright Day entitled: “READING, it's my right!”
23rd April English Language Day It is observed as both the birthday and date of death of
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William Shakespeare
23rd April Khongjom Day It observed in Manipur by paying floral tributes to the
martyrs of 1891 at the historic Khongjom War
memorial site at Kheba hillock
24th April World Lab Animals It marks the birthday of former NAVS president Hugh
Day Dowding
25th April World Malaria Day 2018 theme: Ready to beat malaria.
and Italy Liberation
Day
26th April World Intellectual 2018 theme: Powering change: Women in innovation
Property Day and creativity
28th April World Day for Safety 2018 theme: Occupational safety health (OSH)
and Health at Work vulnerability of young workers
29th April International Dance It marks the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre, the
Day creator of modern ballet
30th April International Jazz Day It is chaired and led by the UNESCO Director General
Audrey Azoulay and jazz pianist and composer Herbie
Hancock
1st March Zero Discrimination On World AIDS Day Zero Discrimination Day 2018
Day campaign says people to ask themselves: “What if …”
3rd March UN World Wildlife The theme for World Wildlife Day 2018 is: “Big cats:
Day predators under threat". World Wild Life Day is
celebrated to create awareness about the world’s wild
animals and plants and safeguard them.
8th March International The theme for International Women's Day 2018 was
Women's Day (IWD) chosen as - 'Time is Now: Rural and urban activists
transforming women’s lives'
11th March 33rd Inception Day National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) celebrated its
at Mahipalpur, New Delhi & it releases “Citizen
Services” Mobile App,which is launched by Rajiv Jain,
Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB).
15th March World Consumer Theme: “Making Digital Marketplaces Fairer”
Rights Day
16th March World Sleep Day Theme for World Sleep Day 2018: Join the Sleep World,
Preserve Your Rhythms to Enjoy Life.
18th March 2018 Global Recycling Day It has been launched by the Bureau of International
Recycling (BIR). It also coincides with the 70th
anniversary of BIR.
20th March International Day of Theme for International Day of Happiness 2018: “Share
Happiness Happiness”
20th March World Sparrow Day Theme for World Sparrow Day 2018: I love Sparrows.
21st March International Day for Theme for 2018: Promoting tolerance, inclusion, unity
the Elimination of and respect for diversity in the context of combating
Racial Discrimination racial discrimination.
21st March World Poetry Day It was adopted with an aim to support linguistic
diversity and protect endangered languages
21st March International Day of Theme for International Day of Forests 2018: Forests
Forests and Sustainable Cities.
21st March World Down The focus for World Down syndrome Day 2018
syndrome Day is: #WhatIBringToMyCommunity
(WDSD)
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22nd March World Water Day Theme for World Water Day 2018: Nature for Water
22nd March 106th foundation day Theme is : “Centenary of Champaran Satyagraha and
of Bihar Elimination of Dowry and Child Marriage
23rd March 'Youth Empowerment The martyrdom day of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh,
Day’of Punjab Shaheed Sukhdev and Shaheed Rajguru
23rd March World Meteorological The theme is: "Weather-Ready, Climate-Smart."
Day
24th March World TB Day The theme for World TB Day 2018 is: "Wanted:
Leaders for a TB-free world".
25th March International Day of To mark the anniversary of the abduction of Alec
Solidarity Collett, a former journalist who worked for the UNRWA
25th March International Day of Theme: “Remember Slavery: Triumphs and Struggles
Remembrance of the for Freedom and Equality”.
Victims of Slavery and
the Transatlantic
Slave Trade
27th March World Theater Day India’s Ram Gopal Bajaj has been selected as one of the
five authors for writing the World Theater Day
message
1st February Indian Coast Guard The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) was established in 1978.
celebrated its 41st It was started with only 7 ships.
Foundation Day
2nd February World Wetlands Day Theme for World Wetlands Day 2018 is: "Wetlands for
a Sustainable Urban Future"
4th February World Cancer Day The theme for World Cancer Day for 2016-2018 period
is: ‘We Can. I can.’
6th February International Day of
Zero Tolerance to
Female Genital
Mutilation
11th February International Day of Aims to work towards gender equality and
Women and Girls in empowerment of women and girls
Science
12th February National Productivity The theme for the National Productivity Week
Day 2018 is: Industry 4.0 Leapfrog Opportunity for India
12th to 18th February National Productivity
2018 Week is observed
from
12th February Darwin Week began The Darw in Week is observed by the India March for
in Kolkata Science Organising Committee, Kolkata and
Breakthrough Science Society, West Bengal Chapter
13th February World Radio Day The theme for World Radio Day 2018 is: Radio and
Sports.
20th February World Day of Social The theme for World Day of Social Justice 2018 is:
Justice Workers on the Move: the Quest for Social Justice.
21st February International Mother The theme for 2018 is: Linguistic diversity and
Language Day multilingualism count for sustainable development.
24th February Central Excise Day To encourage the excise department employees to
perform their duties in a better manner and honour
their contributions
28th February National Science Day The theme for National Science Day 2018 is"Science
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and Technology for a sustainable future."

4th January World Braille Day to mark the birthday of Louis Braille, inventor of Braille
system
9th January Pravasi Bharatiya to mark the contribution of overseas Indian community
Divas (PBD) in development of India
10th January Raising Day of Army every year all over India
Air Defence
10th January World Hindi Day
12th January National Youth Day to mark the birthday of Swami Vivekananda
15th January Indian Army Day to honour Indian soldiers
16th January Opinion Poll Day to mark the historic poll in 1967event , Goa celebrated
the as Asmitai Dis (Identity Day).
18 January to 24 Girl Child Week
January 2018
19th January 13th Raising Day
24th January National Girl Child
Day
25th January National Voters’ Day The theme for National Voters’ Day 2018 was:
‘Accessible Elections’. 25th January is the foundation
day of the Election Commission of India.
25th January 2018 48th Statehood Day of
Himachal Pradesh
26th January Republic Day
26th January International Customs Slogan for International Customs Day 2018 is “A secure
Day business environment for economic development.”
27th January International The theme of 2018 is: “Holocaust Remembrance and
Holocaust Education: Our Shared Responsibility”.
Remembrance Day
28th January World Leprosy Day World Leprosy Day 2018 aims to attain Zero
Disabilities and Zero Leprosy in the world.
Other News Related On Important Days
 National Nutrition Week is observed every year from 1st to 7th September all over the country
to spread awareness regarding importance of nutrition.Theme of the year 2018 is – ‘Go Further
With Food’.
 The month of September will be celebrated as the National Nutrition Month every year to mark
India’s fight against malnutrition.
 On 3rd May 2018, Department of Science & Technology (DST) celebrated its foundation
day. DST is one of the three departments of Ministry of Science & Technology. It was set up on
3rd May 1971.Its objective is to explore and develop new areas of science and technology, to
strengthen national Science & Technology capacity, cutting across institutions and disciplines.
 Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will celebrate its Raising Day on May 7 every year. The
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will celebrate completing 58 years of glorious service to the
nation.BRO's ideology 'Shramena Sarvam Sadhyam' has been implemented in friendly
neighbouring countries through different project.
 On 8th and 9th May 2018, Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their
Lives during the Second World War is observed.This day is observed to make efforts to settle
all disputes by peaceful means and in such a manner that international peace and security are
not endangered.
 World Kidney Day is celebrated annually throughout the world on the second Thursday of
March The theme of World Kidney Day 2018 is "Kidneys And Women's Health: Include, Value,
Empower". The celebration was initiated by the joint committee of "International Society of
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Nephrology and International Federation of Kidney Foundations" and was first observed by 66
countries in 2006.
 Less Traffic Day was observed in Bengaluru for the second time on 11th March 2018. The first
Less Traffic Day was observed on 11thFebruary 2018.It was planned by Karnataka Transport
Minister HM Revanna. This has been initiated to reduce air pollution and traffic congestion.
 On February 19, 2018, Union Minister of Environment, Dr. Harsh Vardhan announced that this
year’s World Environment Day celebrations (on June 5, 2018) will be hosted by India. This
year’s theme of WED will be ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ aimed at discouraging use of hazardous
plastic.
 Assam government has announced that 22 September will be celebrated as "Rhino Day" to
create awareness on protection of the one-horned rhinoceros of Assam. This announcement
was made by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at the 10th meeting of State Board for
Wildlife on 22ndFebruary 2018.
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German Development Government of India 120 mn soft Clean Ganga Mission

World Bank Government of India $250 million Development Policy Loan

Asian Development Bank Government of $375 million To double farming

NABARD Haryana Rs 722 crore These projects will supply

RBI Telengana Rs.5400 crore For Implementing ‘Rythu

International Monetory Srilanka $252 million This loan is a part of a deal of

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Appointment Of Ajai Kumar

 First India-Israel Innovation Centre -in Bengaluru

BILL /Acts PASSED

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 Odisha-Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana- Health Insurance Scheme for

Overview of Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s two-day visit to India

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 2-day visit to India 2018

Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera To India On 19-20 August 2018

South Korean President Moon Jae-In's Visit to India

 India, South Korea Ink 11 MoUs.

President of Seychelles visit India

PM Narendra Modi Visit to China

President Ram Nath Kovind Visit

Overview of President Ram Nath Kovind’s 3-day Visit to Tajikistan

3-Nation Visit To Cyprus, Bulgaria & Czech Republic

Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu’s Visit

MoU in the field of Tourism Cooperation between India and Malta.

External Affairs Minister’s Visit

Overview of EAM Swaraj’s 2-day Visit to Tajikistan

Overview of EAM Sushma Swaraj’s Visit to New York USA

EAM Sushma Swaraj’s 4-Day Two-Nation Visit To Vietnam And Cambodia

i.MoU on Renewable Energy and on Cooperation in the Field of Healthcare.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s 3-day visit to Kazakhstan

 Reviewed on bilateral defence cooperation,

25th DST – CII Technology India It will be organized in

10th Nuclear Energy Conclave NewDelhi Theme: ‘Nuclear Power- Towards a

4th Edition of Global Partners' NewDelhi

Women in Detention and Shimla, Himachal

Gandhian Thought and Wardha , Maharastra To make India a Swacch Bharat by

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