1. The Cabinet
Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the Revised Cost Estimate-I
of 400 MW Koteshwar Hydro Electric
Project (HEP) in Uttarakhand at an estimated completion cost of Rs. 2,717.35
crore.
2. The Union Cabinet
has approved Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between India and Portugal on cooperation in the field
of IT&E.
3. The Union Cabinet approved signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
between India and Portugal on Renewable Energy.
4. The 13th Executive
Committee (ExCo) Meeting of the International Smart Grid Action Network
(ISGAN) was held at POWERGRID Corporate Centre, Gurugram. This was the first
ever meeting of ISGAN held in India.
5. China has hiked its military spending by seven per cent
to $152 billion (1.04 trillion yuan). It is three times higher than that of
India’s defence budget of $53.5 billion.
6. Social networking giant Facebook launched SheLeadsTech
programme to nurture and mentor start-ups founded or co-founded by women.
7. HDFC Bank
launched electronic virtual assistant
(EVA), India’s first artificial intelligence-driven banking chatbot, for
customer services. It can answer millions of customer queries across multiple
channels instantly.
8. Mobile manufacturing company OPPO became the new sponsor
of the Indian cricket team,
replacing broadcasting giants Star India.
9. India and 20 other countries adopted a declaration on
counter-terrorism and an Action Plan in the first Summit of Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) in
Jakarta.
10. Noted socialist leader and former Lok Sabha speaker Rabi Ray passed away at a Hospital in Cuttack today. The 91 year
old leader was hospitalised several days ago with age-related complaints.
11. Ravichandran
Ashwin takes six wickets as India beat Australia by 75 runs in second test
at Bangalore.
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