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SEPTEMBER 30 ,2017

· Madhya Pradesh has won the ‘Best Tourism State’ national award for the third consecutive year

· India Jumps to 14th Rank as Best Country for Expats: HSBC Survey

· Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time.

· $80-Million ADB loan to Himachal Pradesh.

· ICICI Bank Launches ‘Cashback’ Home Loans.

· For the First Time, Five Indian Shuttlers in Top-20 of BWF Men’s Rankings

· Air India has tied up with public sector lender PNB and private lender IndusInd Bank.

· India and Norway have extended bilateral cooperation in the health sector.

· Telecom equipment and solutions provider VNL has signed an MoU with BSNL.

· Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has signed an MoU with Chinese gear maker ZTE.

· Rajiv Sabharwal to Take Charge as Tata Capital CEO.

· Banaras Hindu University has appointed Professor Royana Singh as its Chief Proctor.

SEPTEMBER 29 ,2017

· India and Norway sign Letter of Intent to bilateral extend health cooperation

· Gujarat to be first big state to use EVMs with VVPAT

· For the First Time, Five Indian Shuttlers in Top-20 of BWF Men’s Rankings

· Madhya Pradesh bags ‘Best Tourism State’ Award

· Russia destructed its last Chemical Weapons

· India jumps to 14th rank as best country for expats: HSBC

· Union Finance Minister releases book on Financial Management

· Rajiv Sabharwal to take charge as Tata Capital CEO

SEPTEMBER 28 ,2017

· 28th September: World Rabies Day

· Russia and US partner to build 1st ever Space Station near Moon

· Playboy founder Hugh Hefner passes away

· World Maritime Day is observed on 28 September

· Resolution introduced to support India’s UNSC membership

· Syndicate Bank cuts Savings Account interest rate by 0.5%

· Union Cabinet approves installation of telecom towers in cantonments and military areas

· Directorate General of Quality Assurance celebrates its Diamond Jubilee

· ICICI Bank launches ‘Cashback’ Home Loans

· CARA launches monthly Jan Sampark Program to facilitate adoption

SEPTEMBER 27 ,2017

· 27 September: World Tourism Day

· Mahtab Bamji selected for living legend award of IUNS

· Former world’s heaviest woman Eman Abd El Aty dies

· Kandla Port renamed as Deendayal Port

· Angola swears in its First New President after 38 years

· India ranks 40th in 2017 Global Competitiveness Index

· Bilal Dar, ambassador for Swachhata Hi Seva

· ‘Incredible India’ Campaign Launched in Cairo

· CISF Security at Mumbai Airport rated Best in World

· President of India presents the National Tourism Awards 2015-16

· Maharashtra Govt signs MoU with South Korea

· India to host South Asian boxing Championship in Guwahati

· 3-day India Mobile Congress 2017 starts in New Delhi

· Priyanka is eighth highest paid TV actress, Sofia Vergara tops the list

· Sebi chief Ajay Tyagi named among world’s top 10 regulators

SEPTEMBER 26 ,2017

· New Underground Water Treatment Plant in Agartala

· SBI eases Minimum Balance rules on Savings Accounts

· Odisha govt launched ‘Sampurna Yojana’

· PM Modi forms Economic Advisory Council

· Lakshmanan Wins 5,000m gold in Athletics Nationals

· Karnataka Govt launches Vision-2025 project

· INS TARASA commissioned into Indian Navy

· Rajnath Singh unveils ‘PENCIL’ Portal on Child Labour Elimination

· Government launches Divyang Sarathi Mobile Application

· Isro’s Mars Orbiter Mission completes 3 years in orbit

· Railway line between India, Nepal

· Shashi Shankar appointed CMD of ONGC

· Apple, Google and Microsoft top list of the 100 most valuable brands

· Russia launches world’s biggest, most powerful icebreaker

· Nooyi, Kochhar, Shikha on Fortune’s most powerful women in business list

· Patanjali CEO among top 10 richest Indians with ₹70,000 cr wealth

SEPTEMBER 25 ,2017

· India become World No. 1 in both ODIs and Tests

· China bans export of key petroleum products to North Korea

· Angela Merkel wins 4th term as Chancellor of Germany

· Rajiv Mehrishi sworn in as CAG of India

· PM Narendra Modi launches ‘Saubhagya’ scheme

· CNR Rao selected for 2017 Von Hippel Award

· Sports Ministry recommends P.V. Sindhu for Padma Bhushan Award

· Masala Bonds to be Treated as ECB: RBI

· ICC launches Anti-Corruption Probe into Sri Lanka Cricket

· India, US, Afghanistan join hands for 1st Trade Show in Delhi

· UP Govt to release 100 prisoners on birth centenary of Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya

· 7th ASEM Economic Minister’s Meeting held in South Korea

· DRUZBA 2017, Pak-Russia joint Military Drill started

· India third in nuclear power installations: study

· Laver Cup 2017: Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal win first doubles match

· Saudi allows women into stadium

SEPTEMBER 24 ,2017

· Govt launches Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat

· Seven States of Northeast India to launch Mission Indradhanush

· Mary Kom to be AIBA representative at IOC athletes’ forum

· Tihar Jail, largest jail in India got its first open air gymnasium

· Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar nominated for 2017 FIFA Best Mens Player award

· India bags 4 more Medals at 5th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games in Turkmenistan

SEPTEMBER 23 ,2017

· NITI Aayog’s SATH Program launched in Assam

· PM Narendra Modi releases Postage Stamp on Lord Ram in Varansi

· China, Australia joint military training exercise Panda Kangaroo 2017

· SBI launches Indian bond index series in London

· Telangana govt releases music video on 9 day Bathukamma festival

· Govt launches campaign to Sensitise Women about Cancer

· China Hui Ka Yan becomes the Richest Man in Asia

· Vanlalawmpuii Chawngthu becomes first woman minister in Mizoram in 30 yrs

· Balraj Joshi appointed CMD of NHPC

· India to collaborate with Russia for Bangladesh nuclear power plant

· First Indian team for FIFA U-17 World Cup announced

· India gets its first High Horsepower Locomotive from France

SEPTEMBER 22 ,2017

· INS Kalavari: India’s first home built submarine handed over to Indian Navy

· Himachal Pradesh becomes first state to launch Electric Bus service

· Liliane Bettencourt, Richest Woman in the World dies at 94

· Newton’ India’s Official Entry for Oscars 2018

· Kuldeep Yadav becomes First Indian spinner to take hat trick in ODIs

· Yesteryear Bollywood actress Shakila passes away

· Britain and Saudi Arabia sign Military Cooperation deal

· Australia invited for 2022 Asian Games for 1st time in history

· Qatar Airways becomes Worlds First Airline to launch Double beds in Business Class

· Legendary Boxer, Jake LaMotta passes away

· India third among countries that faced most natural disasters

· China bans use of anti-Islam words on social media

· Sindhu jumps to World No 2 in BWF women’s singles rankings

SEPTEMBER 21 ,2017

· Govt to introduce ‘Food Street’ t global food fair in New Delhi

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Asian Indoor Games: Chitra, Lakshmanan win Gold

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India joins quantum computing race

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China launches fastest bullet train in the World between Beijing and Shanghai

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International Day of Peace is observed around the world

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50 Nations inks UN Nuclear Ban Treaty

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Nigerian Zannah Mustapha wins UN award

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WHO grants $175,000 for Rohingyas

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Andhra CM Naidu releases ‘People First’ mobile app for grievance redressal

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FIFA Women World Cup France 2019 official slogan, emblem launched

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B Sambamurthy Appointed as NPCI Interim Chairman

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India replaces China as Top Retail Destination in 2017

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Russia unveils statue of AK 47 inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov

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6th international Textile and Apparel Fair, ‘VASTRA’ inaugurated

SEPTEMBER 20 ,2017

· Zero Hunger Programme to be launched in October

· Puducherry to ban plastic of less than 51 microns

· Vice President released Commemorative Coin on MS Subbulakshmi

· The world is running out of antibiotics: WHO Report

· Union Government to launch mobile app for retiring govt staff

· Three Indians among World’s ’100 Greatest Living Business Minds’

· Akshay Kumar appointed Uttarakhand Swachh Bharat Mission Brand Ambassador

· India appoints Ajay Bisaria New High Commissioner to Pakistan

· BCCI nominates MS Dhoni for Padma Bhushan award

· World’s Biggest Wealth Fund hits $1 Trillion value for first time

· Robbins as Executive Chairman of Cisco

· Bambawale is new envoy to China

· Kirpal Chugh, India’s father of nephrology dies

· Saudi Arabia to lift ban on internet calling applications.

· The Golden House by Salman Rushdie.

SEPTEMBER 19 ,2017

· International Yoga Festival starts in Kashmir

· Book titled “India: Priorities for the Future” by Bimal Jalan

· China opens dual-use highway to Nepal through Tibet

· Japan releases postage stamps on Indian Yoga experts

· Centre decides to form inter-ministerial committee to monitor school

· Asian Indoor Games: Purnima Wins Gold in Pentathlon
Cyclist Mark Beaumont Breaks the World Record

· Special canteen for labours in Chhattisgarh and Meals at just Rs.5

· 13th Inter-Governmental Commission Meeting in Kazakhstan

· Tripura becomes first state to set up District Family Welfare committees

· Raquel Dodge became first woman General Prosecutor of Brazil

· Jharkhand Government launches Shaheed Gram Vikas Yojana

· Rajni Kant Mishra appointed new DG of SSB

SEPTEMBER 18 ,2017

· Google launches mobile wallet and payments app ‘Tez’ in India

· Russia and Iraq Restore Air Travel after 13-Year Freeze

· Lewis Hamilton won Singapore Grand Prix

· Iron Union 5: US and UAE Joint Military Exercise

· Infosys Senior VP Sanjay Rajagopalan Quits

· 69th Primetime Emmy Awards announced

· President’s Medal for Former DIG D Roopa

· Y C Modi appointed as Director General of National Investigation Agency

· Peruvian President appoints Mercedes Araoz Fernandez as New PM

SEPTEMBER 17 ,2017

· Arjan Singh: Sole marshal of IAF passes away

· PV Sindhu wins gold

· Modi inaugurates Sardar Sarovar Dam, Called ‘Gujarat’s Lifeline’

· Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2017 commences

· Iceland Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson resigns

· Indian start-up wins award in Israel

· Nepal begins its first attempt to remeasure Mount Everest

· Cassini spacecraft ends 20-year journey

SEPTEMBER 16 ,2017

· IAF successfully conducts development trials of Astra missile

· India signs 76 Million US Dollar loan deal with JICA

· 16th September: World Ozone Day

· India’s First Lithium-Ion Battery Unit in Gujarat

· Salman Khan honoured at Britain’s House of Commons

· Two hydro-electric projects in Arunachal Pradesh to be commissioned in 2018

· India’s First Centre for Animal Law set up in Hyderabad

· NASA finds ‘Shape-shifting’ bacteria on the International Space Station

· HDFC Bank is India’s Top Brand: BrandZ Top 50 Report

· India’s Forex Reserves Top $400 billion for the First Time

· World’s Oldest Person Dies at 117

SEPTEMBER 15 ,2017

· 15 September: International Day of Democracy

· Odisha to set up the first Odia language university

· Maharashtra CM launches Maha Mission 1 Million

· 15th September: Engineer’s Day

· India and Pakistan begin high-level talks on Indus Waters Treaty

· “Unstoppable: My Life So Far” authored by Maria Sharapova

· Former UN Secretary-General elected as Chair of the IOC Ethics Commission

· Frank Vincent, Veteran Actor passes away

· Stephane Cottalorda, India’s first foreign coach for Women Boxers resigns

· Scientists create first global map of water on Moon

· Amazon ties up with Bank of Baroda to attract more sellers

· New Plastic Jane Austen 10-pound note launched in Britain.

· Tunisia abolishes ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims

· Shuttlers Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma improve BWF ranking

· President launches Swachhata Hi Campaign

SEPTEMBER 14 ,2017

· Nation-wide Hackathon #OpenGovDataHack launched
14 September: National Hindi Day

· World Economic Forum released Human Capital Report 2017

· Govt launches Operation Insaniyat to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

· INDRA 2017: India-Russian to conduct first tri-services military exercise.

· Chennai-Vladivostok sea route: India’s effort to counter China’s OBOR

· NITI Aayog’s Rajiv Kumar resigns from DHFL board

· Constituional law expert Pavani Parameswara Rao dies

· Goa to host 36th National Games

· Mahendra Pratap Mall Appointed IRCTC CMD

· M Nagaraja Sarma is the new CMD of United India Insurance

· The 74th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 30 August to 9 September 2017. The most important award is the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale and considered one of the most prestigious film awards, like the Golden Palm in Cannes and the Golden Bear of Berlin.

· Force Motors, Rolls-Royce Power Tie up

· Karnataka, 1st Indian State to approve e-vehicle Policy

· PM Narendra Modi, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe lay foundation stone for bullet train

SEPTEMBER 13 ,2017

· India’s first advanced Homoeopathy Virology lab inaugurated in Kolkata.

· India, Belarus sign 10 pacts to expand cooperation

· Trump appoints Indian-American Raj Shah to key position in Communications team.

· Japan PM in Ahmedabad for India-Japan Annual Summit.

· Halimah Yacob- 1st Female President of Singapore

· Kerala to open India’s first transgender-exclusive clinics.

· Sachin Tendulkar launches project to develop the poorest ward in Mumbai

· Gay rights activist Edith Windsor passes away

· UN Secretary-General appoints Peter Thomson as 1st Special Envoy for Oceans

· RBI to Introduce Rs 100 Coin to Mark MG Ramachandran’s Birth Centenary

· Paytm Partners with NPCI

SEPTEMBER 12 ,2017

· Prakash Padukone to get badminton’s first lifetime award

· Belarus President on Two-Day Visit in India

· National Pension Scheme Upper age limit raised to 65

· London tops in 2017 Global Financial Centres Index

· International Day for South-South Cooperation 2017 observed globally

· 2 US Scientists, Indian Economist among 2017 Balzan Prize awardees

· BWF World Senior Badminton Championships- First Time in India

· Infosys completes Brilliant Basics acqu

SEPTEMBER 11 ,2017

· Nadal wins US Open for his 16th Grand Slam title

· Prince Charles becomes Longest-serving Prince of Wales

· India finishes 5th at Moscow Shotgun World Championships

· Netaji statue unveiled at Naval base in Kolkata

· Assam govt to provide skill training to 30000 surrendered militants

· Shaheen VI: China-Pakistan Air Forces Joint Exercise

· AIMPLB to form committee to examine Supreme Court’s verdict on Triple Talaq

· Venkaiah Naidu laid foundation of Country’s First ‘Green-Field’ Smart City

· India & Afghanistan sign four pacts in areas of health and transport

SEPTEMBER 9 ,10TH 2017

On the fast track, railways to put freight corridor, track renewal projects.
Army to induct 800 women in military police after the new defense minister came in to force.
India imposes countervailing duty on some Chinese steel products for 5 years
Scientists make cheap and clean fuel from air
UIDAI Chief A.B. Pandey appointed Interim GSTN Chairman
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina visited India for four days tour.
Prime Minister of Pakistan inaugurates China-backed fifth nuclear power plant.
Telangana Home Minister inaugurates water ATMs
China, Pakistan air forces launch joint exercise.
For mobile wallet Speedpay roll PNB, BSNL joins hands.
To reach maiden Grand Slam final Kevin Anderson battles back.
Anderson England fast bowler joins 500 wicket club.
Indian weightlifters win six medals
Viswanathan Anand bows out of Chess World Cup.
India retains top position, Australia slips in latest ICC Test rankings
Pakistan PM opens China backed 5th nuclear power plant
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Aung San Suu Kyi in 1991 cannot be revoked
New species of edible fish found in Pampa river in Kerala
Sjoerd Marijne Named New Coach of Indian Men’s Hockey Team
Fiscal deficit touches 92.4% of budget estimates at July-end