INDIAN AFFAIRS
- India has imposed anti-dumping duties of up to51 US dollars per tonnefor 5 years on some varieties of Chinese steel to protect domestic players from cheap imports from China.
- Kerala became the firststate in the country to have 100% penetration of LPG in public sector oil companies.
- Assam celebrated its3rd Bihu festival known as the ‘Kati Bihu’ festival across the state.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- 8th European Congress on SMEs held in Kotawice, Poland
- Canada Becomes 2ndCountry To Legalize Recreational Cannabis
- Global IT spending to grow 3.2% in 2019: Gartner
BANKING & FINANCE
- India’s 1st Cryptocurrency ATM Installed in Bengaluru: Unocoin
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
- Air India gets equity infusion of Rs 1,000 crore from NSSF : Government
- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Ltd,has became the world’s largestpure-play information technology (IT) and consulting firm servicing mega banks and insurers.
- Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) formed a panel to examine claims in installments.
- ‘NCR RASTA’ and ‘Yatri RASTA’ : 2 apps for its employees & passengers launched by North Central Railways
- Kamal Hassan inaugurated a mobile app called Roudramfor women safety at the Sri Sairam Engineering College.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania awards 4th annual Carnot Prize 2018 to Union Minister Piyush Goyal
- Prasar BhartiCEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati distributed Rajbhasha awards to Prasar Bharti employees in New Delhi.
- Arshdeep Singhwon the 2018 Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year (Asia) Award for his photograph ‘Pipe Owls’, at the Natural History Museum, London.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- BepiColombo: ESA spacecraft to Mercury in a first-of-its-kind mission
SPORTS
- Mexican boxer Canelo Álvarezhas signed the richest contract in the history of sports, which is a 5-year deal worth $365 million (over Rs 2,680 crore) with streaming service DAZN.
OBITUARY
- Former Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhandchief minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari died of a cardiac arrest in
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