According to economist Intelligence Unit, India has been ranked 51st position in the 2019 democracy Index’s global ranking. The overall list was topped by Norway, followed by Iceland and Sweden.
The Indian space research organisation (ISRO) will send ‘Vyommitra’ a lady robot in the unmanned Gaganyaan Spacecraft.
President Ram Nath Kovind presents Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Shakti Puraskar to 49 children at the ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and President of Niger Mahamadau Issoufou jointly inaugurated the first Mahatma Gandhi International Convention centre (MGICC) in Niger.
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has outlined plans to invest more than Rs. 102 lakh crore on infrastructure projects by 2024-2025.
SoftBank India has been appointed Manoj Kohli as its country head.
Rating Agency India ratings and Research has projected India’s gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate or the financial year 2020-21 at 5.5%.
Bharti Airtel has got the approval from the Department of Telecom to increase Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to 100%.
RBI has cancelled the certificate of Authorisation (COA) of payment system operator (PSO), Vodafone m-pesa.
STATE
The Union Government has decided to set up a regional centre of the elite National Security Guards (NSG) at Pathankot.
Uttar Pradesh Government has launched “Mukhyamantri Krishak Durghatna Kalyan Yojana” which will provide financial assistance to family of farmers.
The Annual Wildlife Census has been started in the Kalakkadu Mundanthural tiger sanctuary in Tamil Nadu.
SPORTS
Celebrated wrestler yogeshwar Dutt and Paralymplan deepa Malik are among the new inductess in the government’s All India Council of Sports (AICS)
Apurvi Chandela and Divyansh Singh Panwar have won the gold medals in the women and men’s 10m air rifle events respectively at Meyton Cup in Innsbruck, Austria.
Maharashtra retains Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) Champions trophy with a rich collection of 256 medals including 78 gold, 77 silver and 101 bronze medals.
WORLD
Greece Parliament elected Ekaterini Sakellaropoulouas, the first woman president in the country’s history.
Abdelaziz Djerad has been appointed as the new prime minister of Algeria.
