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MOU/Agreement Countries

India Sri Lanka to develop a village in Anuradhapura District (Sri Lanka) at a cost of 30 crores Sri Lankan

rupees.

India Israel A Plan of Cooperation was signed between the Indian Space Research

Organisation (ISRO) and the Israel Space Agency (ISA) regarding cooperation in

atomic clocks.

Both ISRO and ISA signed a MoU on cooperation in GEO-LEO Optical Link.

ISRO and ISA signed another MoU on cooperation in electric propulsion for

small satellites.

India Bangladesh to construct a bridge over Mizoram s Khawthlangtuipui river to facilitate trade and

improve communication between the two neighbours.

India Bangladesh on cyber security cooperation.

India Bangladesh to connect both the countries by waterways.

India Bangladesh to set up a joint working group for the conservation of elephants and manage their

movement through corridors in their adjoining border areas.

India Palestine on cooperation in the field of information technology and electronics (IT&E)

India Palestine on cooperation in the field of health and medicine.

India BRICS

nations

Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with respect to tax matters

MOU Industry/States/Others

Council of Scientific and

Industrial Research (CSIR)

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan

(KVS)

To implement Jigyasa, a student- scientist

connect programme

Kolkata-headquartered Srei

Infrastructure Finance

Russia s Vnesheconombank to create a $200 million IT and Innovation Fund

YES Bank Santander UK plc to help boost UK-India trade and local business

networking opportunities

YES Bank Indus OS, Domestic android-

based mobile operating system

to launch an OS-integrated UPI payment

platform

YES Bank Overseas Private Investment

Corporation (OPIC) and US s

Wells Fargo Bank

to increase lending to small and medium

enterprises (SMEs) in India

Punjab National Bank Bajaj Allianz General for distribution of Bajaj Allianz s general

insurance products through the bank s network

Canara HSBC Oriental Bank

of Commerce Life Insurance

Dhanlaxmi Bank All the life insurance products of Canara HSBC

Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance would

be made available to customers of Dhanlaxmi

Bank

South Indian Bank PFG Forex for remittance facility for the benefit of Indian

expatriates from Australia.

HDFC ERGO General Andhra Pradesh to implement Weather Based Crop Insurance





Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) for loanee and non-loanee

farmers.

Axis Bank Inter- American Investment

Corporation

To help traders boost relations between India

and Latin America and the Caribbean.

First Indian Bank to be a part of such a facility.

Bank of Baroda Directorate General of Supplies

& Disposal (DGS&D)

for extending various banking services to

Government e-Marketplace (GeM)

Bombay Stock Exchange Egyptian Exchange for cooperation in exchange of information

across business areas

SEBI European Securities and

Markets Authority (ESMA)

for exchange of information concerning Central

Counterparties (CCPs).

United Nations

Development Programme

(UNDP)

Maharashtra s women

commission

for rescue and rehabilitation of women who are

victims of sex trafficking, acid attack and

domestic violence

Central Government Haryana government to revive River Saraswati, and provide water in

drought-prone areas

Central Government Uttar Pradesh government For construction of All India Medical Institute of

Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Gorakhpur.

Ministry of Water Resources Ministry of Skill Development For the success of Namami Gange

Health ministry West Bengal Government To strengthen the blood transfusion services in

West Bengal and the surrounding areas

Chhattisgarh Government Smartron, a global technology

OEM and IoT brand

To invest in opening up multiple areas of

opportunities in the space of smart health,

infrastructure, education, etc.

Punjab Government Technology and Innovation

Support Centre (TISC)

to establish India s first Technology and

Innovation Support Centre (TISC) in Punjab

Appointments and Resignations

Name Post Institution

Ram Nath Kovind 14th President India

Sanjay Kothari Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind

Gopal Baglay Joint Secretary Prime Minister s Office (PMO), India

Raveesh Kumar Spokesperson Ministry of external affairs, India

Smriti Irani Additional charge Information and Broadcasting Ministry

Narendra Singh Tomar Additional charge Urban Development Ministry

Nitish Kumar Chief Minister Bihar

Bihar CM for 6th time

Sushil Kumar Modi Deputy Chief Minister Bihar

Subhash Chandra Garg India s Alternate Governor on the Board of Governors of the Asian

Development Bank (ADB)

Rajkiran Rai G Managing Director & CEO Union Bank of India





Melwyn Rego Managing Director & CEO Syndicate Bank

Kewal Handa Non-Executive Chairman Union Bank of India

Mukesh Kumar Jain Managing Director & CEO Oriental Bank of Commerce

Vikram Limaye Managing Director & CEO National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE)

Ajay Kanwal Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Janalakshmi Financial Services

Shikha Sharma Managing Director & CEO Axis Bank

TR Zeliang Chief Minister Nagaland

R.K. Pachnanda Director General Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

Achal Kumar Jyoti Chief Election Commissioner

Sanjay Kumar Director General National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)

Raninder Singh President National Rifle Association of India (NRAI)

John Joseph Director General Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (GSTI)

Subhash Garg Secretary Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) in the

Ministry of Finance

Sandeep Patil Brand Ambassador Indian indoor cricket team

Ravi Shastri Head Coach Indian cricket team

Zaheer Khan Bowling coach (150 days a

year)

Indian cricket team

Bharat Arun Bowling coach (Full Time) Indian cricket team

Justice Vikramajit Sen Chairperson Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC)

ragpicker Bilal Dar Srinagar s civic ambassador

P.V. Sindhu Deputy Collector Andhra Pradesh Government

Justice Gopal Prasad

Parajuli

Chief Justice Nepal

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi interim prime minister Pakistan

Brenda Marjorie Hale First female President of the

Supreme Court

United Kingdom (UK)

Ned Segal Chief Financial Officer Twitter

Carrie Lam Chief Executive Hong Kong s First Female Leader

Preet Kaur Gill (Britain s

first woman Sikh MP)

Elected to key Parliament

panel

Saima Wazed Hossain

(daughter of Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh

Hasina)

Goodwill Ambassador for

Autism

For WHO South-East Asia Region

Indian- origin Canadian

YouTube star Lilly Singh

Global Goodwill Ambassador UNICEF

Amitabh Bachchan Ambassador UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Polio – extended

for 2 years

Khaltmaa Battulga President Mongolia

Resignations/Terminations

Vikram Limaye resigned from a Supreme Court-appointed BCCI committee, clearing the way for his appointment

at NSE CEO.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati resigned from Rajya Sabha for not being allowed to speak against the

atrocities on Dalits.





Italian legend Francesco Totti confirms retirement

Nawaz Sharif stepped down as Prime Minister of Pakistan

Awards and Recognitions

Award Name Person/Institution Extra Knowledge

2017 Trafficking in Persons (TIP)

Report Heroes Award

Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat an IPS officer from Telangana.

by the US State Department for his

fight against human trafficking in

India.

United Nations Development

Programme s Equator Prize

Swayam Shikshan Prayog, Pune

based NGO

for devising an ecologically

sustainable agriculture model to

combat the adverse impacts of

drought.

PM s trophy for best Integrated Steel

Plant

Tata Steel Ltd

Golden Peacock environment

management award

Danfoss India

Golden Peacock Award for Eco

Innovation

Indian Railways Organization for

Alternate Fuel (IROAF)

Personality of the Year Kishore Sansi, Managing

Director and CEO of Vijaya Bank

Awarded by Skoch Consultancy

Services

IIM Bangalore for making management education

accessible to all through Massive

Open Online Courses (MOOCs).

Fellowship by the Department of

Culture, Government of India

Kathak dancer Pandit

Nandakishore Kapote

Lifetime Achievement Award Veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani for his contributions as a

parliamentarian in the Lok Sabha

Best Woman Parliamentarian of the

Year (Rajya Sabha)

Jaya Bachchan

Mahanayak Samman 2017 Shakuntala Barua Conferred by West Bengal

Government

Toronto Film Festival Gala to honour

Priyanka Chopra

Magsaysay Awards Yoshiaki Ishizawa He is a Japanese historian who

helped save Cambodia s renowned

Angkor Wat temple complex

Lipstick Under My Burkha to be the opening movie at the 2017 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM).

At a young age of 30, Captain Divya has become world s youngest woman commanders to fly a Boeing 777

airplane ever.





Conference and Summits

Summit Place Extra Knowledge

2017 BRICS Trade Union Forum Beijing, China

2017 BRICS Education Ministers Beijing, China

2017 BRICS Youth Forum Beijing, China

2017 BRICS Labour & Employment Ministers Meet Chonqging, China

2017 BRICS trade Ministers meeting Shanghai, China

Informal BRICS Leaders Meeting Hamburg, Germany

First meeting of Islands Development Agency (IDA) New Delhi

19th round of the Regional Comprehensive Economic

Partnership (RCEP) Trade Negotiating Committee

(TNC) meeting

Hyderabad,

Telangana

Global Conference on Cyber Space 2017 India To host in 2017

10th Session of the India- Jordan Trade and Economic

Joint Committee (TEJC)

New Delhi

21st India-Myanmar National Level Meeting Nay Pyi Taw,

Myanmar

22nd World Petroleum Congress (WPC) International

Conference.

Istanbul, Turkey

Arunachal to host 5th North East Connectivity

Summit

Model United Nations Regional Conference Kathmandu, Nepal

Climate Summit on December 12, 2017 Paris, France

SAARC Ministers of Law and Order meeting Colombo, Sri Lanka

SAARC artists camp & exhibition of paintings Kathmandu, Nepal

19th World Congress on Environment Management Hyderabad,

Telangana

Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar international conference

on social justice

Bengaluru, Karnataka

4th National Summit on Good, Replicable Practices

and Innovations in Public Health Care Systems

Indore, Madhya

Pradesh.

First Edition of WINGS 2017 – Sab Uden, Sab Juden New Delhi

First International Aviation Security seminar Manesar, Haryana Organized by National Security

Guard (NSG)

International News

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Implement Energy Efficiency Programmes, Signs MoU with Energy Efficiency Services

Limited (EESL)

India contributes $500,000 to UN Peacebuilding Fund.

India not to host G20 meet due to absence of mega centre. Japan will be the host country in 2019.

New continent discovered under New Zealand, called Zealandia





Australia s joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA). ISA is India s initiative aimed at boosting clean and

affordable energy and creating a sustainable world.

UN cuts peacekeeping budget by $570mn for the next accounting year

Bolivia s President Evo Morales has declared total independence from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and

World Bank.

The world s first full—scale floating wind farm — with turbines taller than the Britain s Big Ben — is being built off

the coast of Scotland.

Sweden to hold its first and biggest military exercise in over 20 years, involving all of its military branches as well

as troops from several NATO countries.

The UN has selected Dubai as the data hub for the Middle East North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) region for

the city s integrated initiatives to mine and manage its data.

AIDS claimed a million lives in 2016, almost half the 2005 toll that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic,

according to a UN report

For the first time in five years, a northern hairy-nosed wombat was born in the Australian state of Queensland.

Indonesia will now refer to the northern areas of its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea as the North

Natuna Sea .

Fascinating 71 million-year-old bird-like dinosaur the size of a HUMAN is found in Canada

World s oldest emergency phone line 999 marked 80th anniversary on 2nd July , celebrated by Police forces across

Britain.

The World Health Organisation has declared an end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Israel's Chrysanthemum flower will be called as 'Modi' in order to honour Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Italian lawmakers passed a bill making torture a crime under national law, after years of parliamentary back-and-

forth.

South Korean electronics giant Samsung has surpassed Intel to become the world s largest maker of computer

chips.

Universe s smallest star discovered. With the unwieldy name of EBLM J0555-57Ab, the star is located some 600

light-years away in our Milky Way galaxy.

The world s most detailed scan of the brain s internal wiring has been produced by scientists at Cardiff University,

UK.

US tech giant Tesla is set to install the world s largest lithium ion battery in South Australia in partnership with

French energy utility Neoen.

Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have invented a phone that harvests the few microwatts of

power it requires from either ambient radio signals or light and requires no batteries.

Nokia and Xiaomi ink patent and equipment deal, Xiaomi buys Nokia patents

India will be the base to the economic pole of global growth over the coming decade, remaining ahead of China,

according to a Harvard University research.

India will soon have representation in the Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) of various central bankers

and experts. The committee has been set up under the guidance of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).

The World Bank Group has announced the creation of a more than $1 billion innovative new facility that aims to

advance women s entrepreneurship.





The UNESCO World Heritage Committee acting on a proposal brought by Palestine has put the West Bank city of

Hebron on its list of world heritage in danger.

The United Nations has adopted a historic global treaty banning nuclear weapons. The treaty was adopted by a

vote of 122 members in favour. The Netherlands was the only country who voted against the treaty.

The British government has launched a new project titled the Grand Trunk Road to mark the 70th anniversary of

India s partition in August 1947.

The world s first centre for breeding Saola, a critically endangered hoofed mammal, is being constructed

in Vietnam s central region.

ISIS confirms leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead

Sri Lanka has banned plastic shopping bags as it is facing a dengue epidemic and garbage crisis.

Conservative Malta becomes 24th nation to legalize same-sex marriage.

U.S. House imposes tougher conditions for reimbursement of defence funding to Pakistan

Bill Gates of Microsoft has topped Forbes list of the world s billionaires. Mukesh Ambani topped the list in India

World s longest suspension footbridge opens in Switzerland, overtakes Titan-RT bridge in Germany.

National News

Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017 passed in Lok Sabha - The Bill amends

the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE), 2009 to extend the deadline for teachers to

acquire the prescribed minimum qualifications for appointment. Deadline - March 31, 2019

Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) for elderly with 8 per cent fixed rate of interest on their savings

launched.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) launched Nation wide a month long Special Drive from 1st July to 31st July

for maximization of registration of eligible electors with focus on left out eligible young citizens in age group of 18-

19 and removal of names of registered dead electors, if any, from electoral rolls.

India will invite the ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), leaders for the Republic Day parade and

celebrations next year. Republic Day 2018 will be the first time ever that so many leaders will together be chief

guests at the parade.

India has the second highest number of adults planning to migrate to other countries with the US and the UK

among the most favoured destinations, according to a report by the UN migration agency.

Govt bans presenting flower bouquets to welcome PM Modi

Cabinet approved the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South Asia Regional Center (ISARC) in Varanasi,

which will work to develop special rice varieties.

Union Cabinet gave approval to the merger of oil marketer Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) with state-run

explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC).

PM Modi adopted his 3rd village Kakrahia, a village in Varanasi known for its wrestlers and wrestling arenas under

the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana.

The Union Ministry of Power has announced that about 97% of the total outstanding debt of all state power

distribution companies has been covered under the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana.

Govt Launches Sohum , A Low-Cost Device To Test Hearing of NewBorns

The United Forum of Bank Unions decided to observe July 19, the 48th anniversary of nationalisation of major

banks, as Save public sector banks day.

The government has set a target of constructing 57 thousand kilometers of roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram

Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during 2017-18.





India has declared itself free from highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 and H5N8) after surveillance in the

states showed no evidence of its presence.

Jobs, admissions on fake caste certificates not valid, says Supreme Court – on petition filed by Maharashtra against

the Bombay HC judgement.

The government will set up Garib Nawaz skill development centres in 100 districts of the country to offer

employment-oriented training to the youth from minority communities.

Siemens has opened its first digital factory in India (in Mumbai), also the third globally after one each in Germany

and China

Rare White tiger spotted Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve located in the Western Ghats.

In a move designed to inspire Indian artists and young inventors towards protecting their creations and inventions,

the government has launched Creative India; Innovative India for raising awareness on Intellectual Property

Rights (IPR).

The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has become the first Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) to begin skill development

in collaboration with a state. It has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Uttar Pradesh

Government

Country s first solar powered DEMU train dedicated to nation. Will run from Sarai Rohilla in Delhi to Farukh Nagar

in Haryana

According to OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2017-2026 report by the UN and OECD, India, projected to be the

most populous country over the next decade, will be the world s largest milk producer by 2026 and will account for

the biggest increase in wheat production globally.

National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposed Rs50,000 fine for dumping waste in the stretch between Haridwar and

Unnao of River Ganga.

NGT has banned all construction within 100 metres of the river s edge from Haridwar in Uttarakhand to Unnao in

Uttar Pradesh.

The NGT has imposed a complete ban on manja , the string used to fly kites, made of nylon or any synthetic

material which is non-biodegradable -- bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar.

The Supreme Court has allowed Arunachal Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands to join the club of Sikkim and

Meghalaya, both of which enjoy full exemption from the court s ban on sale of liquor within 500 metres of National

and State Highways. -- Bench led by Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar

India has advanced its target of eliminating malaria by three years to 2027. Earlier the target was 2030.

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is the new name for urban development & housing ministry

Railways has launched RailCloud, a virtual server with an inbuilt security system that will enable faster connectivity

at a reduced cost. Also launched the first application on RailCloud named Nivaran , which is a grievances redressal

portal

The Telecom department has made it mandatory for all phones, including feature phones, to install Global

Positioning System (GPS) from January 1, 2018.

The retirement age of medical officers working in Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles has been enhanced

to 65 from 60 years.

Internet-based applications have contributed Rs 1.4 lakh crore to the country s GDP in 2015-16, a report by the

think-tank organisation, ICRIER along with the Broadband India Forum

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi s name has been removed from the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable

Development which was named the Indira Gandhi Centre for Sustainable Development at its launch during the

tenure of UPA government.

Auto major Tata Motors has rolled out the country s first bio-CNG (bio-methane) bus.

200th anniversary celebrations of the Paika Rebellion of Odisha inaugurated on July 20, 2017 in New Delhi

India third largest terror target after Iraq and Afghanistan: US report





The Women and Child Development ministry has launched an online platform SHe-box (sexual harassment

electronic box) to enable women employees of the central government to file complaints related to sexual

harassment at the workplace.

Radio broadcast completed 90 years in country on July 23, 2017.

Bengaluru ranks 40 among top 50 cities for women entrepreneurs: Dell - New York ranked numero uno in the list.

Swachh Survekshan-2018 s rousing anthem Swachhata Ki Jyot Jagi Hai released. - The song has been scripted by

renowned lyricist Shri Prasoon Joshi and visualized free for the ministry by Producer Shri Mukesh Bhatt. Shri

Shankar Mahadevan provided the music.

Govt to provide Hepatitis C vaccine free from next year: Nadda

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has declared 1,076 temples as protected monuments in the country.

Flipkart launches made for India budget brand Billion.

A 14-day joint military training exercise Maitree 2017 between India and Thailand has started in Chamba district

of Himachal Pradesh.

State News

Andhra Pradesh

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched the AP MSME Development Corporation with a corpus fund of Rs

100 crore to promote micro small and medium enterprises (MSME) in the State.

Andhra Pradesh has topped the charts in ease of doing business and providing electricity to rural households.

Assam

Assam going to raise a new Special Rhino Protection Force (SRPF) for better protection of the one-horned rhinos in

Assam

Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh has topped the list among all the states in the country for having issued over 43 lakh soil health cards

(SHCs) to farmers in the past two year.

The Chhattisgarh government has decided to merge all the branches of the district central cooperative banks

(DCCBs) with the state cooperative banks.

Delhi

The Delhi High Court has launched a first-of-its-kind dedicated helpline number 1888 to provide litigants easy

access to justice.

India s tallest air traffic control (ATC) tower to be operational at Delhi airport by December 2017.

The Delhi government has launched a Free Surgery Scheme under which if patients do not get a date for surgery at

a government hospital within a month, they can get themselves treated in the private ones free of cost.





Delhi has became the second state to launch e-RTI portal that will enable citizens to file online Right to Information

(RTI). Maharashtra is the first state

Delhi police will be the first state police in India who will get super cop belt .

Delhi Metro has become the only completely green Metro system in the world for adhering to green building

norms for its residential colonies.

Goa

The union tourism ministry has allotted Rs 100 crore to Goa under the Swadesh Darshan scheme to augment its

tourist infrastructure and for the development of coastal circuits

Gujarat

India s first ever mega textiles trade fair – Textiles India 2017, was inaugurated by the Indian Prime Minister

Narendra Modi, at the Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Gujarat s Ahmedabad has become India s first World Heritage City after the Unesco s World Heritage Committee

included it in its list.

Gujarat to get India s first high-speed rail training centre at Gandhinagar.

Haryana

Students passing out of government medical colleges in Haryana will now be required to do a fixed period of

service in government hospitals of the state

Haryana government has prohibited flushing/mixing of liquid nitrogen with any drink or food article.

Himachal Pradesh

Green Spiti mission would for the Spiti Valley to increase forest cover to overcome water shortage.

Jammu Kashmir

In order to pave the way for applicability of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in Jammu and Kashmir, the

Cabinet gave ex-post facto approval for amendment of the Constitution Order, 1954 by way of the Constitution

Amendment Order, 2017.

Karnataka

Karnataka would provide Rs 400 crore fund to mentor 100 start-ups with idea validation, incubation facilities and

expertise in accounting and legal norms. Launched the Elevate 100 scheme for same.

To provide small and midsize businesses (SMBs) access to the Cloud solutions and resources, Cloud major Oracle

has opened its first Digital Hub in Bengaluru.

The State has constituted a nine-member committee to study and submit a report to the government on the

possibility of designing a separate flag for Karnataka and providing it a statutory standing.

IT company Accenture has opened its first innovation hub in Bengaluru

Kerala

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched G-Ride, a digital ride sharing platform that matches co-workers and

neighbours and help them travel together to work.

Kerala to host literary fest with tolerance as theme





Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh sets record with plantation of 6 cr saplings in day

Foundation stone of country s biggest global skill park laid in Bhopal

Maharashtra

Mumbai s Vikrikar Bhavan renamed as GST Bhavan

Maharashtra has become the first state in the country to provide women an injectable contraceptive for free.--

launched a programme called Antara

Maharashtra first state to have law against social boycott after President of India gave assent to Social Boycott

(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2016.

Matunga suburban railway station in Mumbai has become the first station in India to be run by an all-women staff.

Maharashtra recorded highest child marriage cases. Of the 70 districts identified with high incidents of child

marriage, 17 are in Maharashtra, followed by 13 in Rajasthan.

Government approves first housing project on private land under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in in Maharashtra s

Sholapur district

Mumbai Metro One has announced the launch of India s first Mobile Ticketing System OnGo which will help

commuters pass the AFC gates using their mobile phones.

Union Ministry of Minority Affairs has launched Jiyo Parsi Publicity Phase-2 in Mumbai, Maharashtra under the Jiyo

Parsi scheme.

Manipur

Approval of widening and up gradation of a 65-km-long National Highway in Manipur to boost the

state s connectivity with south and southeast Asia via Myanmar.

Meghalaya

Launched an ambitious flagship program titled Livelihood Intervention and Facilitation of Entrepreneurship (LIFE)

at Songsak, Meghalaya.

Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Odisha hosted the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships (ACC) from July 5-9.

Odisha, first state to implement an integrated Core Banking Solution Project covering all three tiers of short term

cooperative credit structure – state cooperative bank, district central cooperative banks and 2,708 primary

agriculture cooperative societies.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated computerisation of PACS (Primary Agricultural Credit Society)

and launched RuPay Kisan Credit cards in the state.

The Odisha government signed an Expression of Intent (EOI) with the International Association of Athletics

Federations (IAAF) and Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to establish a High Performance Academy in

Bhubaneswar.

After the successful organisation of 22nd Asian Athletics Championships, the Odisha government has announced it

would set up the Kalinga International Sports City in Bhubaneswar to hold mega international events in the coming

years.

Nalco, in collaboration with Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation, is setting up the first of its

kind Aluminium Park in Angul.





The state s longest bridge dedicated to nation and named it after Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

Odisha government has renamined Wheeler Island in Bhadrak district as Abdul Kalam Island

Punjab

Foundation stone, of Punjab s first maize based Sukhjit Mega Food Park and Infra Limited at Rehana Jattan

village laid.

Punjab - first state in the country where injection-safety programme is being implemented in collaboration with

the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Entered into an MoU with Noora Health India Trust, a healthcare non-profit organisation, for implementation

of the Care Companion Programme (CCP).

Signed MoU with the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) who will support Punjab Health

Department by providing Rapid test kits for screening of high risk patients like HIV patients, Intravenous Drug

Users (IVDU) patient

Punjab government has launched Apni Gaddi Apna Rozgar scheme by flagging off over 100 uberMOTO bikes.

Rajasthan

In a move that is a first for the country, Rajasthan has fixed minimum educational qualification for candidates

interested in contesting elections for elections to village cooperative societies and various other cooperative

bodies.

Tamil Nadu

Samsung India has partnered with the Tamil Nadu government to offer healthcare solutions with the effective use

of technology to patients from the economically and socially weaker sections of society.

Tamil Nadu topped the rooftop capacity addition table, according to a report by Bridge to India, a global renewable

energy consulting firm.

Madras HC makes singing of Vande Mataram mandatory in TN schools

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam s memorial in Tamil Nadu s

Ramananthapuram district

Telangana

An innovative programme named Janahitha was launched to receive complaints from public through a special

portal.

Telangana to have separate agriculture budget from next year

India s first university only for Dalit students to come up in Hyderabad by 2018.

The Telangana government has issued an ordinance to curb the social evils caused by online rummy card games.

The Bonalu festival, reflecting Telangana s rich culture and traditions, was celebrated with gaiety in Hyderabad

with thousands of devotees participating in the festivities.

In a first of its kind, Telangana State will have eco-friendly bridges over a canal cutting across the tiger corridor

linking the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra with the forests in

Telangana s Kumram Bheem Asifabad district.

Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand becomes 20th state to ban begging.





The then President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the annexe of the presidential retreat Ashiana which has

accommodation facilities for accompanying officers and staff of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Uttar Pradesh

UP govt launches free power connection scheme for BPL families

Lucknow Metro to be India s 1st with own FM radio station

West Bengal

President Pranab Mukherjee presented the 2.5 croreth Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) connection at

Raghunathgunj, Murshidabad in West Bengal.

Kolkata will host Horasis Asia Meeting, a global business meet in November 2017

Finance and Banking News

From the 23,000 crore to be disbursed to the State farmers by the RBI, it released Rs. 1700 crore in July.

RBI hikes foreign investment limit in g-secs by over 4% for Jul-Sep.

RBI has issued directions on Customer Protection – Limiting Liability of Customers in unauthorised Electronic

Banking Transactions . --- The customers report to the banks regarding the loss they suffer through online banking

transactions within three days, then the amount involved will be credited to their accounts within a time period of

10 days.

RBI has amended an order saying that the 12 non-performing assets (NPAs), or bad loans (which have outstanding

loans amounting to over Rs 5,000 crore as on March 2016.), would be granted priority at the National Company

Law Tribunal.

RBI sets up Supervisory Colleges for six Scheduled Commercial Banks which have sizeable international presence.

Banks are - State Bank of India, ICICI Bank Ltd., Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Axis Bank Ltd. and Punjab National

Bank.

Cabinet approves revision of guidelines of Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme - investment limit per fiscal year has been

increased to 4 kg for individuals, 4 Kg for Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) and 20 Kg for Trusts

India s fiscal deficit up to June 2017 touched Rs 4.42 lakh crore or 80.8 per cent of the Budget estimates for 2017-

18.

Fake currency notes and cross-border fund transfers in the country s economic channels doubled in the last fiscal

year, leading to unearthing of over Rs560 crore black money.

India emerging as front-runner in fight against climate change: World Bank

SBI and Carlyle Group will acquire GE Capital s entire stake in SBI Card, the second-largest credit card franchise in

India.

State Bank of India (SBI) has launched its flagship service INTOUCH in Nepal along with its subsidiary, Nepal State

Bank Ltd (NSBL). Also NSBL Digital Village, Jaharsing Pauwa, which would be the first of its kind digital initiative in

Nepal banking industry along with INTOUCH.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 10 million on Union Bank of India for non-

compliance with the directions issued by the apex bank on Know Your Customer (KYC) norms.

Microfinance institution Svatantra Microfin, has launched an end-to-end cashless solution called Saathi.

Punjab National Bank blocked all Maestro debit cards from July 31. Replaced by more secure EMV chip based card .





Public sector Indian Overseas Bank has offered Bharat Bill Payment System, introduced by the National Payments

Corporation of India, for its customers. Indian Overseas Bank is one of the three public sector banks (apart from

Bank of Baroda and Union Bank of India) to get the approval from RBI for providing the service.

Canara Bank forays into paperless banking; launches first digital branch in Bengaluru title CANDI

Karnataka Bank launched the KBL-Image Debit Card to enable its cardholders to personalise the card with the

image of his/her choice.

Karnataka Bank launches Met Loan & Life Suraksha in partnership with M/s PNB MetLife

FINO becomes payments bank. Headquarters - Mumbai

National Multi Commodity Exchange (NMCE) will merge with Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX) creating the

country s third biggest commodity exchange.

ICICI Bank terminates joint venture agreement with Fairfax

ICICI Bank offers up to Rs 15 lakh instant personal loan via ATMs

YES Bank, India s fourth largest private sector bank, along with YES Global Institute has launched YES GST program

for MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises)

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has started full-fledged merchant banking operations to benefit

the expanding number of growth-oriented micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)

India gets good ranks on FSB s (Financial Stability Board) reform report card to G20. The report submitted by FSB

listed India as a compliant jurisdiction with regard to the Basel III reforms in area of risk-based capital and

as largely compliant on liquidity coverage ratio.

NBFCs with asset size of Rs 500 crore and above that have made a net profit in the preceding financial year be

permitted to sell NPS to their clients after registration with the pension regulator.

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has launched a programme for Certified Credit Counsellors

(CCC) for micro, small and medium entreprises (MSMEs).

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has developed awareness videos for customers who download their

BHIM application for UPI based fund transfer.

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has received final approval from the Reserve Bank to function as the

Bharat Bill Payment Central Unit (BBPCU) and operate Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS).

Inflation to rise noticeably to 4.4% in second half of 2017: Nomura report

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority has directed ICICI Prudential Life Insurance to take over the

life insurance business portfolio of Sahara India Life Insurance from 31st July 2017.

Business News

Reliance Jio launches Asia-Africa-Europe (AAE-1), world s longest 100Gbps submarine cable system

Reliance Industries market capitalisation hits Rs 5 lakh cr mark; second firm after TCS to reach milestone

Axis Bank acquires FreeCharge for Rs 385 cr

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) wins government nod for Rs 7,738 crore Gujarat State Petroleum

Corp s stake buy.

In a fresh impetus to its artificial intelligence dreams, Google has acquired Bengaluru-based start-up Halli Labs.





Economy News

To protect online consumers, the government has made it mandatory for e-commerce companies from January

2018 to print not only the MRP on goods but also information like expiry date and customer care details.

The Union Government has saved around Rs 57,000 crore in 2016-17 through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme

under which subsidies are given directly to beneficiaries.

Gujarat continues to have the highest potential to attract investment for the second year in a row, a survey by

economic policy think tank National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) revealed.

I-T Department unearths income of Rs 5,400 cr post-note ban

The Income Tax department has detected undisclosed income of around Rs.71,941 crore over the last three years

from April 1, 2014 to February 28, 2017

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Outlook 2017: Growth projections for India - 7.4 per cent in 2017 and 7.6 per cent

in 2018, in Asian region - 5.9 per cent in 2017 and to 5.8 per cent for 2018.

IMF: global growth rate of 3.5 percent in 2017, and 3.6 percent in 2018. India - 7.2 per cent in 2017 and 7.7 percent

in 2018.

India likely to clock 6.9% GDP growth this fiscal: BMI Research

Aadhaar-PAN linking can be done till August 31.

Income Tax returns filing deadline is also extended to August 5 from July 31.

Apps Launches/ Portal/Helpline APP/Portal Features/Use Hire Google has launched Hire , a recruiting app for small- and medium-sized

businesses.

MERIT app (Merit Order Despatch of

Electricity for Rejuvenation of Income

and Transparency) and the e-bidding

portal

The app and the portal would help the states to select Independent Power

Producers (IPPs) for procurement of power by transferring their domestic

coal.

launched by Power Ministry.

GST Rates Finder to enhance the ease of doing business post the rollout of the GST

launched by Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC)

Rail SAARTHI to cater to various passenger requirements, including ticket booking, inquiry,

on-board cleaning and ordering meal on a single platform.

mAadhaar for syncing Aadhaar data on the mobile phone, has been launched by UIDAI

(Unique Identification Authority of India).

Aarambh Mobile App for Road Maintenance

Sagar Vani An Integrated Information Dissemination System. launched by Minister of

Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forests & Climate

Change Dr. Harshvardhan

India Quake An App for Earthquake Parameter Dissemination. launched by Minister of

Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forests & Climate

Change Dr. Harshvardhan

Kaizala Microsoft Kaizala is a Made for India product and brings together the two





disparate worlds of mobile-only messaging apps and a digitally integrated

modern workplace

Defence News

India has successfully test-fired an indigenously developed short-range and Quick Reaction Surface to Air missile

(QRSAM) from Chandipur along the Odisha coast.

Muntra, country s first unmanned tank, rolls out from the Chennai lab.

The US Navy inducted the world s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, which is worth over Rs83,000 crore

($12.9 billion) and weighs 1 lakh tonnes.

Two naval offshore patrol vessels (NOPVs) named Shachi and Shruti delievered to Navy by Reliance Defence and

Engineering Ltd (RDEL).

The U.S. Navy has tested the world s first-ever active laser weapons system, which is now deployed and ready for

war.

Pakistan successfully test fires short-range ballistic missile, Nasr

Warships, submarines, aircraft and personnel from India, Japan and the US will participate in the Malabar 2017

exercise in the Bay of Bengal from July 7-17.

Doppler Weather Radar built by Indian Meteorological Department at Kochi.

Science

Scientists have discovered a very distant galaxy, some 10 thousand million light years away, which is about 1,000

times brighter than the Milky Way.

A group of Indian astronomers have discovered a massive supercluster of galaxies, and have named it Saraswati.

A US-Russia research collaboration at Harvard has created the world s most advanced quantum computer

Sports News

Tournament Winner Runner Up United States Open Grand Prix HS Prannoy Parupalli Kashyap

Asian Team Snooker Championship Team: Pankaj Advani and

Laxman Rawat

South Australian Open squash title Harinder Pal Sandhu

Ivory Coast International Badminton

Tournament women s singles

Ritika Thaker Simran Singhi

Ivory Coast International Badminton

Tournament women s doubles

Ritika Thaker and Simran Singhi

National Masters snooker tournament (held in

Chennai)

Manudev Alok Kumar

Victorian Open squash tournament Harinder Pal Sandhu Rex Hedrick of Australia

Eastbourne International title Serbian Novak Djokovic Gael Monfils

FIA Formula 3 European Championship Jehan Daruvala (Indian)

Formula One Austrian Grand Prix Valtteri Bottas Sebastian Vettel





Formula One British Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton Valtteri Bottas

Hungarian F1 Grand Prix Sebastian Vettel Kimi Raikkonen

Wimbledon 2017 Men s singles Roger Federer (Switzerland) Marin Cilic

Wimbledon 2017 Women s singles Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) Venus Williams

Wimbledon 2017 Men s doubles Łukasz Ku ot Poland / Mar elo Melo (Brazil)

Wimbledon 2017 Women s doubles Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) /

Elena Vesnina (Russia)

Wimbledon 2017 Mixed doubles Jamie Murray (United Kingdom)

/ Martina Hingis (Switzerland)

Women s World Cup 2017 England India

FIFA Confederation Cup Football title Germany Chile

Sports

India will host the men s World Championship in 2021.

India will host women s World Championship for the second time in 2018.

Indian weightlifter Konsam Ormila Devi bagged a gold medal at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting

Championships in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Sachin Siwach clinched a gold medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games.

India won 5 medals in World Para Athletics Championship. Gold: Sundar Gurjar in men s javelin throw.

Maiden Women s Asia Cup of Federation of International Basketball, FIBA began in Bengaluru.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma launched a statewide football grassroots development programme

Mission Football .

Chennai Open renamed Maharashtra Open, to be held in Pune from next year.

Manpreet Kaur who a gold medal in the Asian Athletics Championships failed dope test.

Indonesia to host Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-19 championship in 2018

Russia s Kazan to host 2022 World Short Course Swimming Championships

China s Hangzhou to host 2018 World Short Course Swimming Championships.

Sandeep Kumar of Haryana won the gold medal in the men s 20 kilometer race walk in the National Inter State

Championships athletics meet.

Indian women s cricket team skipper Mithali Raj has surpassed former England captain Charlotte Edwards to

become the highest run-scorer in the One-Day Internationals (ODI).

India will host 2018 edition of Theatre Olympics, the biggest theatre celebration of the world.

Odisha to set up Kalinga International Sports City in Bhubaneswar for mega events.

Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu was awarded the Sportsperson of the Year award by Sports Illustrated magazine.

Pullela Gopichand was conferred with the Coach of the Year award by Sports Illustrated magazine.

Sports Illustrated magazine :: Former sprinter Milkha Singh bagged the Living Legend award, the Lifetime

Achievement award was won by shooter Abhinav Bindra, Inspirational athlete of the year award was won by Deepa

Malik.

Thailand amateur Atthaya Thitikul, 14, has became the youngest winner on the Ladies European Tour.

The Odisha government signed an Expression of Intent (EOI) with the International Association of Athletics

Federations (IAAF) and Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to establish a High Performance Academy in

Bhubaneswar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated The Arena in Ahmedabad, Gujarat one of the most advanced

integrated multi-purpose stadiums.





NBA champion and Finals MVP Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors and 3,459 Indian children from the

Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program set a new Guinness World Record achievement for the world s largest

basketball lesson (multiple venues) ever held.

Indian boxers clinched five gold, two silver and one bronze medal at the event in the Czech Republic - 48th Grand

Prix Usti Nad Labem

Rankings

Index India’s Rank Other Information Foreign investor into the UK 4th 1st - USA

Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 23rd 1st – Singapore

released by the UN telecommunications agency

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Sustainable Development Goals Index 116th 1st - Sweden

Global index of countries with the

most confidence in their government

1st 73 per cent Indians have faith in the Narendra

Modi led NDA coalition, the highest in the world

Fastest growing economy in the

world according to the World Bank s

latest edition of the Global Economic

Prospects

4th 1st - Estonia

Index that rates countries by their

commitment to reducing inequality

132nd 1st - Sweden

In terms of money parked by its

citizens with Swiss banks

88th 1st – United Kingdom

Biggest beef exporter 3rd 1st – Brazil

According to OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2017-

2026 report released by Food and Agriculture

Organisation (FAO) and the Organisation for

Economic Cooperation (OECD)

Loans from Banks

From To Amount Purpose

World Bank India $ 125

million For Innovate in India (i3), a National Biopharma Mission

aimed at accelerating biopharmaceutical development in

the country.

Asian

Infrastructure

Investment Bank

(AIIB)

Gujarat $329 million to build access roads to 4,000 villages in Gujarat

Asian

Development

India $220 million for improving connectivity as well as transport efficiency

and safety on State Highways of Rajasthan.





Bank (ADB)

Deadlines/ Important Dates

What for Deadline/Date Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has banned the use of stapler

pins in tea bags effective from

January 1, 2018.

AC truck cabins must by December 31 2017

The price of a packaged good would no longer depend on where you bought it — be it

a local kirana store, a mall, a five-star hotel or an airport from

January 1, 2018

Rankings (Persons,Cities,Organisations and Others)

Singapore Airlines has been rated the world s best airline in a survey by the Travel and Leisure magazine.

San Miguel de Allende in Mexico has been named the World s Best City in a survey by Travel and Leisure magazine,

while Udaipur has been ranked 14th.

The Energy Resources Institute (TERI) has been ranked as the second best climate think tank in the world.

Maharashtra, followed by Delhi and Haryana are the biggest culprits, topping the list in complaints for illegal sex

selection clinics under Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC & PNDT) (Prohibition of Sex

Selection) Act, 1994 and Rules.

Books

Book Author Other Info President Pranab Mukherjee – A Statesman Published by The Statesman.

Indira Gandhi: A Life in Nature Jairam Ramesh Former union minister

Making of A Legend A coffee table book on Prime Minister Narendra

Modi s life.

Compiled by Sulabh International Founder

Bindeshwar Pathak

Obituaries

Name Profession Other Info Elsa Martinelli Italian actress

Simone Veil European feminist politician first woman elected to lead the

European Parliament in 1979





Joseph Robinson English actor

Marty Sklar Legendary Disney Imagineer

Liu Xiaobo China s most famous political prisoner,

the Nobel laureate and democracy icon

Maryam Mirzakhani Professor Iranian mathematician and a professor

of mathematics

Martin Landau Actor Oscar-winning American actor

Red West Actor-songwriter American

Nirupam Sen Former Indian diplomat former Indian Permanent

Representative to the UN

Ravinder Randev Journalist

Madhukar Toradmal Marathi actor-writer

Sumita Sanyal Bengali actress

Naresh Chandra Former Indian Ambassador to U.S.

Mangesh Tendulkar Renowned cartoonist

Shivajirao Patil Politician Congress leader, freedom fighter and

former Maharashtra Minister

Nar Bahadur Bhandari Politician Former Chief Minister of Sikkim

N. Dharam Singh Politician Former Chief Minister of Karnataka

Bidisha Bezbaruah Singer and Actor Assamese actor and singer

Inder Kumar Actor

K.E. Mammen Gandhian and freedom fighter

Gandhian and freedom fighter Freedom fighter and social worker

Yash Pal Scientist

Udupi Ramachandra Rao Scientist

UR Rao had launched India s first satellite Aryabhatta in 1975. He was the first Indian to be inducted in the Satellite

Hall of Fame – Washington in 2013 and in International Astronautics Federation (IAF) in 2016.

Important Days

Date Day Theme 2017

1 July National Doctors Day

2 July World Sports Journalists Day

7 July Global Forgiveness Day





11 July World Population Day Family Planning: Empowering People,

Developing Nations

12 July World Malala Day

15 July World Youth Skills Day Skills for All

17 July World Day for International Justice Preventing conflict and sustaining peace

through decent work

18 July Nelson Mandela Day

26 July Kargil Vijay Diwas

28 July World Hepatitis Day Eliminate Hepatitis

28 July World Nature Conservation Day

29 July International Tiger Day Slogan - Fresh Ecology For Tigers

Protection

30 July World Day against Trafficking in

Persons

Act to Protect and Assist Trafficked

Persons

Month Special

Goods and Services Tax (GST) Launched

On July 1, India launched its ambitious pan-India indirect tax regime, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to bind the

country into a regime of one nation, one tax, one market . The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was first proposed

17 years ago.

Press Information Bureau, has launched a special page for the Goods and Services Tax. The webpage can be

accessed on http://pib.nic.in/gst.

GST Council has reduced the tax rate on fertiliser to 5 per cent from previously decided 12 per cent.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has launched Aaykar Setu — an e-initiative for the Income tax Department to

directly communicate with the taxpayers and aimed at providing information on useful tax services.

IT major Dell EMC and enterprise solutions provider SAP have announced a comprehensive digital Enterprise

Resource Planning (ERP) solutions GST in a Box solution for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to get

GST ready.





The Finance Ministry has announced that gifts of above Rs 50,000 value in a year, when given by the employer to

the employee without consideration and outside the contractual agreement, will come under the ambit of Goods

and Services Tax (GST)

Businesses with turnover of up to Rs 20 lakh (Rs 10 lakh in special category states) are exempt from GST.

Buying and selling of second-hand goods will not attract Goods and Services Tax (GST) if sold at a price cheaper

than the purchase price

The government has launched a GST training programme to skill around two lakh youths in six months to handle

tax compliance issues like invoice making. The people would be trained under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas

Yojana (PMKVY).

CBDT softens cash transaction norms

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has exempted certain cash transactions from the purview of the Rs. 2-lakh

restriction introduced in this year s Budget as part of efforts to promote the digital economy. The Finance Act 2017 banned

cash transaction of 2 lakh rupees or above with effect 1st of April this year.

Five categories of transactions have now been kept out of this restriction through an executive order from CBDT. These

are:

money received by a business correspondent on behalf of a bank or cooperative bank;

receipt by a white label ATM operator from retail outlet sources on behalf of a bank or cooperative bank;

receipt from an agent by an issuer of prepaid instruments; and

receipt by a company or institution issuing credit cards against bills raised in respect of one or more credit cards.

Also, money received on account of an award or reward instituted by Central or State government would now not be

covered under the 2-lakh cash transaction limit.

8th IIFA Awards 2017: List of Winners

The 18th edition of the International Indian Film Academy Awards was held in New York. Sonam Kapoor s film Neerja

won the best film award. Actor Shahid Kapoor earned the Best Actor award for his role in Udta Punjab, while Alia Bhatt won

the Best Actor (Female) award for the same film.

Here s the complete list of the IIFA 2017 winners:

Best Film- Neerja

Best Director- AnirudhRoy Chaudhary for Pink

Best Actor (Male)- Shahid Kapoor for Udta Punjab

Best Actor (Female)- Alia Bhatt for Udta Punjab

Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female)- Shabana Azmi for Neerja

Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male)- Anupam Kher for MS Dhoni: The Untold Story

Best Debutant (Female): Disha Patani for M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story

Best Debut (Male)- Diljit Dosanjh for Udta Punjab





Best Lyricist- Amitabh Bhattacharya for the song Channa Mere Ya from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Best Playback Singer (Male)- Amit Mishra for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Best Playback Singer (Female)- Kanika Kapoor for Udta Punjab and Tulsi Kumar for Airlift

Best Music Direction- Pritam for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Best Actor In Comic Role- Varun Dhawan for Dishoom

Myntra Style Icon Award- Alia Bhatt

IIFA Woman Of The Year- Tapsee Pannu

6th Big Zee Entertainment Awards 2017 (ZEA 2017) Winners

Best Actor (Male) – Shahid Kapoor (Udta Punjab)

Best Actor (Female) – Alia Bhatt (Udta Punjab)

Most Entertaining Actor in Drama (Male) – Amitabh Bachchan

Best Action Hero – Tiger Shroff (Baaghi)

Most Entertaining Actor in Drama (Female) – Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Most Entertaining Dancer – Tiger Shroff (Beat Pe Booty)

हिट थ,े हिट रिेंगे Award – Anupam Kher

Most Entertaining Actor Comedy – Abhishek Bachchan (Housefull 3)

FM launches new pension scheme ‘PMVVY’ for senior citizens

The Union Minister for Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs has formally launched the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana

Yojana (PMVVY) for elderly with 8 per cent fixed rate of interest on their savings in New Delhi.

PMVVY is a Pension Scheme announced by the Government of India exclusively for the senior citizens available from 4th

May, 2017 to 3rd May, 2018. It can be purchased offline as well as online through Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India

which has been given the sole privilege to operate this scheme

Scheme provides an assured return of 8% p.a. payable monthly (equivalent to 8.30% p.a. effective) for 10 years.

Pension is payable at the end of each period, during the policy term of 10 years, as per the frequency of monthly/

quarterly/ half-yearly/ yearly as chosen by the pensioner at the time of purchase.

The scheme is exempted from Service Tax/ GST.





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