| 1. 'Quikr' has acquired on-demand household services provider ‘Zimmber’. 'Zimmber' will benefit from synergies with QuikrServices and other Quikr verticals. Household services is an exciting category which is seeing increasing adoption among urban consumers. |
| 2. India launches South Asia Satellite GSAT-9 from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The main goal of the GSAT-9 satellite is to provide communication channels and meet the telecommunication needs of the SAARC nations. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gifted the South Asia Satellite project to the SAARC nations |
| 3. Madhya Pradesh Govt. Assembly declares Narmada living entity. The government committed itself to the protection of its legal rights. A month ago, the Uttarakhand High Court had declared Ganga, Yamuna and their tributaries living entities with the status of a legal person. |
| 4. China to launch its own encyclopedia as a rival to Wikipedia. China has the plan to launch its own online encyclopedia next year rivaling Wikipedia and Britannica (Britain’s Encyclopaedia). The main objective of this project is to guide public thought. China fears that its citizens who use Wikipedia are being corrupted by foreign influences. Around 20,000 scholars and academics have been tasked to create more than 300,000 entries before launch in 2018. |
| 5. The first private small arms manufacturing plant of india opened at Malanpur, Madhya Pradesh. The plant has been set up as a joint venture Punj Lloyd Raksha Systems between Indian defence conglomerate Punj Lloyd and Israel Weapons Industries (IWI). |
| 6. Supreme Court rejects plea to make Hindi compulsory in class I to VIII. It refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Centre, the states and union territories to make Hindi compulsory for students across the country to promote national unity. The bench, comprising Chief Justice J.S. Khehar, Justices D Y Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, said the people speaking other languages may also start asking why their languages are not being taught. The bench added that the government could look into it. |
| 7. Government demotes chief executives of Punjab National Bank and Bank of India . Sunil Mehta, executive director of Corporation Bank would be the new CEO of Punjab National Bank while D B Mohapatra, executive director of Canara Bank would be appointed as CEO of Bank of India. In a strong signal to state-run banks top executives to shape up or ship out, the government demoted two top chief executives - Usha Ananthasubramaniam of Punjab National Bank and Bank of India's Melwyn Rego. While Ananthasubramaniam has been transferred to a small lender Allahabad Bank, Rego has been shunted out to Syndicate Bank. |
| 8. Reliance, SAP launch 'SARAL GST' solution for taxpayers. According to the subsidiary of Reliance Industries, the new offering will enable taxpayers to be GST compliant and smoothly access the government's GST System, once GST is rolled out from July 1, 2017. |
| 9. HC directs Rajasthan govt to install scanners at highway toll plazas to check cattle smuggling. It was hearing a petition filed by Gau Raksha Dal which sought a check on the illegal transportation of cattle in the state. A division bench of Rajasthan High Court asked the State Government to submit a compliance report in this regard after two weeks. The bench observed that smuggling of cattle has seen a spurt and it needs to be stopped at any cost. |
| 10. Patanjali Research Institute inaugrated at Patanjali Yogpeeth in Haridwar, Uttarakhand by Modi. Patanjali Research Institute has been established by Patanjali Yogpeeth with an aim to globally establish the Great Vedic knowledge of Ayurveda of our ancient India's saints and sages. An amount of Rs. 2000 crore was spent on building the Patanjali Research Centre. |
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