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- Ikea, the Swedish multinational home furnishing retailer, opened its first India store in the IT hub of the Nizami city of Hyderabad.
- The 6th edition of the biennial Bengaluru Space Expo was inaugurated by ISRO Chairman Dr.K.Sivan in Bengaluru. This three-day event will showcase industry participation in Indian space programme.
- Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the continuation of the Centrally Sponsored Umbrella Scheme of Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (CSS-IDWH) beyond the 12th Plan period from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
- The Scheme consists of Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger (CSS-PT), Development of Wildlife Habitats (CSS-DWH) and Project Elephant (CSS-PE).
- National Green Tribunal has formed a monitoring committee headed by a former high court judge to prepare a time-bound action plan on groundwater recharge in the national capital.
- 31st Central Hindi Committee meeting was held in New Delhi under the chairmanship of Prime Minister.
- Union Government has appointed Reserve Bank of India’s former governor Bimal Jalan as the head of the panel that has been tasked with selecting India’s next chief economic advisor (CEA).
- He appointed for this post after previous CEA Arvind Subramanian resigned from office.
- Google launched a new search engine called 'Dataset Search', which works in multiple languages, to help scientists, data journalists, and others find the data required for their work.
- India ranked 19th in the ‘Theft Ranking’ for countries with weapons-usable nuclear materials, according to the Nuclear Security Index.
- Australia and Switzerland share the top spot among the 22 countries with weapons-usable nuclear materials.
- India and France signed an implementation agreement on ‘Mobilise Your City’ (MYC) in New Delhi to support three Indian cities (Nagpur, Kochi, and Ahmedabad) in their efforts to reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions.
- In order to improve the ease of doing business with Indian Railways, the national transporter has taken a significant step. Piyush Goyal-led Railway Ministry has launched the Aapoorti mobile app of Indian Railways e-procurement system (IREPS).
- Union Home Minister inaugurated 3-day Defence & Homeland Security Expo and Conference – 2018 in New Delhi.
- It was jointly organized by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in association with Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).
- Union Railway Minister along with Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh launched the official website of Kumbh Mela (www.kumbh.gov.in), 2019 in Lucknow. They also launched a social media App related to the Mela.
- It will provide all the necessary details to tourists and pilgrims regarding the location, trains, weather, accessibility, and accommodations
- Saurabh Chaudhary (16 years) broke his own 10m Air Pistol World record and become ‘Junior World Champion’ in ISSF Shooting World Championships, Changwon in South Korea.
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