1. Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO) created history by successfully launching a
record 104 satellites in single mission.
These satellites were launched on board of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C37, on its 39th mission from
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota,
Andhra Pradesh.’
2. The Indian Airforce (IAG) has formally inducted the first indigenously built
Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) dubbed as NETRA.
3. India has joined Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, a global health
network focused on improving the quality of care for new mothers and babies.
4. Scientists have developed novel rubber like material nicknamed ‘thubber’ which has high thermal
conductivity and elasticity.
5. The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
has opened a first-of-its-kind South Asia Training and Technical Assistance Centre (SARTTAC) in New Delhi for economic
capacity building in South Asia.
6. Scientists for the first time have found high levels of human-made
pollutants, including chemicals that were banned in the 1970s, in the tissues
of marine creatures dwelling in the deepest oceans of the Earth.
7. The Supreme Court has clarified that there is no need to stand inside a
cinema hall when the national anthem is featured as a part of a film, documentary or a newsreel.
8. According to a new study of global
air pollution India’s rapidly worsening air pollution is now surpassing
China’s as the deadliest in the world. The report was issued jointly by Health
Effects Institute, a Boston research institute focused on the health effects of
air pollution, and Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle based
population health research centre.
9. The ‘name and shame campaign’ initiated
by Catholic Syrian Bank Employees and Retirees against wilful defaulters in
Kerala seems to have started paying dividends.
10. Nilesh Shivji Vikamsey was
elected as the new President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
(ICAI) for the year 2017-18.The 40-member Central Council of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) also elected Naveen N D Gupta as the
Vice-President for the year 2017-18.
11. Pakistani Career diplomat Tehmina
Janjua was appointed as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan by Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif.She is the first women to be appointed on the post and will serve
as the 29th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan.
12. Australian cricketer Adam Voges
has decided to retire from all formats of international
cricket after playing his last match as captain of the team Prime
Minister’s XI against Sri Lanka in Canberra.