INDIAN AFFAIRS
- Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry approves construction of 4 lakh houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). It makes the total numbers of houses to about 71.5 lakh.
- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) proposes three modelsthrough which the states can implement the scheme.
- India’s unemployment rate hit 4 decade high of 6.1%in 2017-18 ; says NSSO Survey
- Government renames DIPP as Department for promotion Of Industry and Internal Trade
- BESAFE’s 3rdAnnual Conference on ‘Measurable impacts of behavioural based safety implementation in Indian Industry’ held in New Delhi
- Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar inaugurated new Campus of the National Museum Institute in Noida.
- Punjab govt gave approval for ‘Smart Village Campaign’ worth of Rs 385 crores
BANKING & FINANCE
- Ujjivan Small Finance Bank launches Kisan Suvidha loan product for small and marginal farmers
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
- Israel Aerospace industries announces agreement worth $93 million with Indian Navy Cochin Shipyard
- Nielsen study the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry is likely to grow between 11% and 12% in 2019which is a little lower than 8% in 2018.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
- Republic Day Parade: Gorkha Brigade wins best marching contingent award
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
- Vice Admiral MS Pawar, AVSM, VSM Assumes Charge as Deputy Chief of The Naval Staff
- Punit Goenka re-elected as new BARC India chairman
- Lt Gen Rajeev Chopra takes over as NCC Director General
- Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar took charge as Western Naval Command chief
- P C Mohanan and J V Meenakshi resigned from National Statistical Commission
- ICICI Bankdecided to terminate the contract of former Managing Director and CEO Chanda Kochhar.
ACQUISITION & MERGER
- Paytm acquired Night Stay(hotel booking platform)for 70 mn
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- World’s largest digital sky survey issues biggest-ever astronomical data release
- Scientists Developed Artificial Pancreas Smartphone App For Diabetics
SPORTS
- ICC roped in Coca-Cola as official sponsor
OBITUARY
- Former umpire Dara Dotiwalla, who officiated in the famous tied Test match between India and Australia passed away
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