| News headline | Detalis of the news | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'Most Popular Tourism Destination Award' won by Sri Lanka at GITF | China has been Sri Lanka's second largest source market for tourism since 2014. The island nation won the prestigious award for the second consecutive year which is a testament to its growing popularity among Chinese travel enthusiasts. | |
| 2 | Assam Cabinet Declares Sanskrit as Compulsory Subject upto Class 8 | The decision to make Sanskrit mandatory was highly appreciated by the Assam Sanskrit Sahitya Sabha and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as it would prevent western impact on state’s culture. | |
| 3 | INS Viraat, the world’s oldest aircraft carrier retired at mumbai | INS Viraat was commissioned in Indian Navy in 1987, before that the historic ship served Royal British Navy for 27 long years. It was built in 1943, during the Second World War. | |
| 4 | Tirtha Darshan scheme announced by Haryana | This scheme is for senior citizens above 60 years of age and of Haryana domicile would be able to go on a pilgrimage within the country at government expense. | |
| 5 | India to supply additional 60 MW power to Bangladesh | This development comes after Bangladesh sought 100 MW electricity from India to solve its power crisis in the eastern part of the nation. | |
| 6 | first ever across-the-river survey in Ganga to determine the population of aquatic life | The study is crucial as the animal population in a river indicates the quality of its water. National Mission for Clean Ganga committee has stated that the survey will create a baseline scientific data for the government to take suitable measures to improve a quality of the river water. | |
| 7 | The tallest national flag in the country measuring 360 feet hosted at Punjab. | Earlier, the record was held by the one in Ranchi which is 293 feet high. The new flag can be seen from Lahore in Pakistan. The flag is 120 feet in length, 80 feet in breadth and is hosted on a pole which is 360 feet high | |
| 8 | Bank branches that refuse to exchange soiled notes will impose penalty of Rs 10,000. | According to RBI’s Clean Note Policy 1999, no banks can deny to exchange soiled or mutilated currency notes. However, there is a restriction in place. The restriction for exchanging soiled notes is that if one exchanges more than 20 notes or notes worth Rs 5,000 in a day | |
| 9 | West Bengal Gives Official Status to Tribal Language 'Kurukh' | The West Bengal government has given an official status to 'Kurukh' language in the state which has been listed as an endangered language by the UNESCO. | |
| 10 | American Sam Querrey has won the ATP Mexico Open hard court tennis tournament. | In the final at Acapulco in Mexico, Querrey stunned second-seeded Rafael Nadal in straight sets 6-3, 7-6. In the process, the American ended the Spaniard's run of perfection in the tournament | |
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