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June & JulyNational

Actress Priyanka Chopra has been appointedas the ambassador for government‘s flagshipSkill India campaign, with the National SkillDevelopment Corporation.

TRAI launched three new apps to helpcustomers rate quality of services, speed &performance. The three new apps are Mycallapp, MySpeed app & ‘Do not disturb (DND2.0)’ app.

Civil Aviation Ministry is adding a digitalexperience for Air travelers through‘DigiYatra’ Platform in New Delhi.

Shri J P Nadda has launched ‘Skill for Life,Save a Life’ initiative to promote skilldevelopment in the health sector.

Telangana Govt. has launched a digitalwallet, named TWallet, which doesn’tcharge transaction fee from consumers. T-Wallet is bi-directional in nature.

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavislaunched a web portal ‘Mahaswayam’ thatwill cater to job seekers, employers,entrepreneurs, & training institutes who canavail details regarding skill development &employment.

Odisha is all set to become the first state inthe country to have a blood bank for thecattle.

Mizoram Health Minister Lal Thanzara haslaunched the ‘Test and Treat Strategy‘ of theMizoram state AIDS Control Society(MSACS) to improve treatment for HIVaffected people in the state.

Kolkata, the ‘City of Joy‘ is about toexperience a wonder in the form of an

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swarajhas inaugurated Know India Programme(KIP) for young overseas Indians. Thisprogramme is aimed at promoting awarenesson different facets of life in India and theprogress made by the country in variousfields such as economic and education.

The Minister of State for Public Grievances& Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr.Jitendra Singh launched a new trainingprogram ‘Comprehensive Online ModifiedModules on Induction Training’ (COMMIT)for State Government officials.

The Department of Science and Technology(DST) launched the Visiting Advanced JointResearch Faculty (VAJRA) scheme in a bidto bring together the Indian scientists abroadand India-based researchers for conductingjoint researches in India.

CM of Karnataka Siddaramaiah has recentlylaunched India’s first public bicycle sharing(PBS) initiative ‘Trin Trin’ in Mysuru. theWorld Bank, Global Environmental Fund,& state govt have jointly funded theinitiative

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underwater Metro train which will runbeneath the Hooghly river.

Indore, the commercial capital of MadhyaPradesh reportedly become the first city inIndia where the robot is being used on anexperimental basis to control its evergrowing and unruly traffic.

Bengaluru has become the country’s firstcity where one can have fuel delivered atone’s doorstep, just like milk andnewspapers. Mypetrolpump, a one-year-oldstartup, conducted a soft launch with threedelivery vehicles -each with a capacity of950 liters.

‘Vatsalya – Maatri Amrit Kosh’, a NationalHuman Milk Bank & Lactation CounsellingCentre was inaugurated at the LadyHardinge Medical College (LHMC) in NewDelhi. The Vatsalya – Maatri Amrit Koshwill be the largest milk bank & lactationcounseling center available in the NorthIndia.

NITI Aayog has launched SATH, a programproviding ‘Sustainable Action forTransforming Human Capital’ with the StateGovts. The vision of the program is toinitiate transformation in the education &health sectors.

Senior diplomat Vijay Keshav Gokhale wasappointed as the economic relationssecretary in the Ministry of External Affairs(MEA).

Rajiv Kumar was appointed as the ChiefSecretary of Uttar Pradesh.

Vijay Keshav Gokhale

Odisha is the first State in India to havedeveloped an automatic public addresssystem that can be activated along its entirecoast. The State Govt. is all set tocommission the ambitious Early WarningDissemination System (EWDS) that wouldenable loud sirens go off simultaneouslyfrom towers at 122 locations by July 2017.

Varanasi will get the country’s first ‘freightvillage’ spread over around 100 acres. It willbe developed by the Inland WaterwaysAuthority of India (IWAI) in Varanasi, UttarPradesh.

Election Commission of India (ECI) hasjoined hands with Facebook to launchnationwide voter registration reminderaimed at reminding eligible Indian voters toregister themselves on the electoral rolls. Inthis, Facebook will activate a unique‘Register Now‘ button reminding all theeligible Indian users to enroll themselves asvoters.

India has successfully test-fired its first allweather tracked-chassis Quick ReactionSurface-to-Air Missile (QR-SAM) from amobile launcher at Integrated Test Range atChandipur in Odisha.

National Statistics Day, celebrated everyyear on June 29 to mark the birth anniversary

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of renowned statistician Prof. P.C.Mahalanobis. He was the first Indianstatistician to receive world recognition.

West Bengal Government’s KanyashreePrakalpa was awarded the first prize inUnited Nations Public Service Award forAsia Pacific. Kanyashree Prakalpa is atargeted conditional cash transfer schemeaimed at retaining girls in schools and othereducational and skill developmentinstitutions and preventing child marriage.

A 12-year-old Padmalaya Nanda fromOdisha has created history by becoming theyoungest girl to bag the “Little MissUniverse Internet 2017” and “Little MissActress” crowns at the Little Miss Universe2017 at the port city of Batumi in Georgia.

Aiming to reduce emissions & promotesustainability to help India’s smart cityprogramme, France & the European Unionhave extended a grant of 3.5 million eurosunder the ‘Moblise Your City’ (MYC)initiative. Three Indian cities- Nagpur, Kochi& Ahmedabad will get the grant.

Defence public sector BEML Ltd has baggedthe Raksha Mantri’s Award for Excellencefor design & development of 180-tonneelectric hydraulic excavator BE1800E.

The iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in theMumbai City has acquired an ‘imagetrademark’, making it the first building inthe country to get intellectual property rightsprotection for its architectural design.

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Taj Mahal Palace Hotel

Union Minister for Panchayati Raj, RuralDevelopment, Drinking Water & Sanitation-Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launched theMobile App for Road Maintenance¯Aarambh .

Minister of Women & Child Development,Smt. Maneka Gandhi launched an onlinecomplaint management system titled SexualHarassment electronic–Box (SHe-Box) forregistering complaints related to sexualharassment at workplace in New Delhi.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangmarecently launched an ambitious flagshipprogram titled ̄ Livelihood Intervention andFacilitation of Entrepreneurship (LIFE) atSongsak. It will focus on capacity building.

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‘Sagar Vani‘ app has been launched todisseminate ocean related information andalerts to the user community in a timelymanner for their safety.

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik dedicated to thenation the state’s longest bridge and namedit after Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The2.88 km bridge over the river Kathajodi willconnect the state capital of Bhubaneswarwith Cuttack.

Telangana State will have eco-friendlybridges over a canal cutting across the tigercorridor linking the Tadoba-Andhari TigerReserve (TATR) in the Chandrapur districtof Maharashtra with the forests inTelangana’s Kumram Bheem Asifabaddistrict.

Telangana government launched a specialportal called ¯Janahitha to receivecomplaints from the public. The portal is asingle window for all grievances and theirredressal management.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Dr. MukulSangma launched ‘Mission Football‘ at JNSports Complex, Shillong. It is an initiativeto help develop skills of football enthusiastsand develop young footballers for thecountry.

TR Zeliang appointed as the Chief Ministerof Nagaland by Governor PB Acharya.

Sanjay Kothari, Chairman of PublicEnterprises Selection Board appointed asSecretary to President elect Ram NathKovind.

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Senior journalist Ashok Malik has beennamed as Press Secretary to Kovind.

Ahmedabad city has been declared as aWorld Heritage City at the 41st session ofUNESCO’s world heritage committee beingheld at Krakow in Poland.

Senior Gujarat-cadre forest service officerBharat Lal will be Joint Secretary to Kovind.

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Senior diplomat and External AffairsMinistry spokesperson Gopal Baglayappointed as Joint Secretary in the PrimeMinister‘s Office.

Delhi became the second state to launch e-RTI portal that will enable citizens to fileonline Right to Information (RTI).Maharashtra is the first state to launch theonline RTI platform.

Maharashtra has become the first state inthe country to provide women an injectablecontraceptive for free.

Rajasthan becomes the first state in thecountry to fix minimum educationalqualification for contesting cooperativebody polls. The minimum educationalqualifications now will range from class 5to class 8.

Maharashtra has become the first state tomake social boycott a crime after PresidentPranab Mukherjee cleared the legislation.

Debi Prasad Dash taken over as director-general of the Directorate of RevenueIntelligence (DG-DRI), the premier agencythat tackles smuggling and black money.

Raveesh Kumar is appointed as the nextspokesperson of the Ministry of ExternalAffairs.

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Mr. Ram Nath Kovind took over as the 14thPresident of India. He administered the oathof office by the Chief Justice of India JusticeJ S Khehar.

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Ram Nath Kovind

India has declared itself free from highlypathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 andH5N8) after surveillance in the statesshowed no evidence of its presence.

Indian Railways launched an integratedmobile application to cater to variouspassenger requirements over and aboveticket booking. The app is called RailSAARTHI and was launched by RailwayMinister.

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Achal Kumar Joti has been appointed as thenext Chief Election Commissioner.

Senior bureaucrat John Joseph has beenappointed Director General of Goods andServices Tax Intelligence (DG GSTI). TheDG GSTI is the new name given to theDirectorate General of Central Excise -Intelligence (DGCEI).

The country celebrated the 18th Anniversaryof ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas‘. Kargil Vijay Diwasis celebrated on 26 July, commemoratesIndia‘s emphatic victory against Pakistanand honors the war heroes.

Senior advocate K K Venugopal‘s name hasbeen cleared for appointment as the AttorneyGeneral for India following the decision ofMukul Rohatgi to step down as the top lawofficer.

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K K Venugopal

Shri R K Pachnanda, an IPS officer, tookcharge as the new Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), recently.

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Defense Research and DevelopmentOrganisation (DRDO) developed India’sfirst unmanned tank, which has threevariants – surveillance, mine detection andreconnaissance in areas with nuclear and biothreats. It is called Muntra (MissionUNmanned TRAcked) and has been rolledout of the Chennai lab.

The spectacular Dal Lake hosted first ever‘Culture of Cruise’, a weekly culturalprogramme organised by the Jammu andKashmir government aimed to bring artistsfrom various fields on one stage.

For the first time in the country, a team ofIndian scientists has claimed to havediscovered an “extremely large superclusterof galaxies”, Saraswati, in the universe.

InternationalJammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohrahas been appointed the president of the India

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International Centre (IIC) - one of thepremier cultural institutions in the country.

Montenegro has officially joined NorthAtlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) &hence became the 29th member country ofNATO.

The World‘s smallest and cheapest privatejet ‘Vision Jet’ was launched in the USArecently.

Reenat Sandhu was named as India‘s newAmbassador to Italy.

Leo Varadkar, a 38-year-old Indian-origindoctor, scripted history by becomingIreland‘s youngest and the first openly gayPrime Minister of the Catholic majoritycountry.

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Gaitri Issar Kumar was named as India‘sAmbassador to Belgium and the EuropeanUnion.

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Gaitri Issar Kumar

Ajit Vinayak Gupte named as India‘sAmbassador to Denmark.

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United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)announced, on the World Refugee Day (20June), the appointment of MuzoonAlmellehan, a 19-year-old educationactivist, and Syrian refugee, as its newest –and youngest – Goodwill Ambassador.

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India continued to rise in the GlobalInnovation Index (GII) rankings. In 2017rankings released in Geneva (Switzerland),India improved its position from 66 to 60.

Justice Dalveer Bhandari has beennominated by India as its candidate foranother nine-year term as judge of theInternational Court of Justice (ICJ), theprincipal judicial organ of the UN.

Veteran Nepalese politician Sher BahadurDeuba was elected as Nepal’s PM for thefourth time.

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UN General Assembly elected Slovakforeign minister Miroslav Lajcak to be thenext president of the 193- member powerfulbody.

China unveiled the world’s first train thatoperates on a virtual track using sensortechnology instead of metal rails. The newtrains are battery powered and arenonpolluting.

Aleksandar Vucic has been sworn in asSerbia’s new President.

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Aleksandar Vucic

Indian warships began a week-long navalexercise off the coast of Western Australia.The second AUSINDEX exercises are aimedat increasing interoperability betweenAustralian and Indian naval forces,executing complex naval manoeuvres.

India has claimed the top spot among theremittance receiving nations, surpassingChina. The United Nations, in its report,stated that Indians working across the globesent home 62.7 billion US dollars in 2016.

World Environment Day is the biggestannual event for positive environmentalaction & takes place every on 5 June. Thisyear’s host country was Canada. The themewas “Connecting People to Nature”.

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Thespian Bengali actor, Soumitra Chatterjeehas been conferred with the France’s highestcivilian honour, the coveted Legion ofHonour.

The researchers discovered that it could beused as a new type of X-ray, capable oftaking higher resolution images than thetraditional kind.

NASA has chosen 12 new astronauts,including an Indian American named RajaChari, from a record number of over 18,000applicants, who will be trained for missionsinto Earth orbit & to deep space.

India & Pakistan became full members ofthe Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO), the first-ever expansion of the China-dominated security grouping after 2001.

Israeli author David Grossman has won theMan Booker International Prize 2017 for hisnovel ‘A Horse Walks Into a Bar’.

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Actress Vidya Balan has named an ambassadorof the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne(IFFM).

Sharjah, a city in the United Arab Emirateswas named ‘World Book Capital for theyear’ 2019 by the Director- General ofUNESCO, Irina Bokova.

Scientists have created the brightest lightever produced on the Earth, shining a billiontimes stronger than the surface of the sun.

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Britain‘s first woman Sikh MP Preet KaurGill has been elected to an influential cross-party panel in the UK Parliament thatexamines the workings of the Home Office.

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UK government appointed Brenda MarjorieHale as the first female President of theSupreme Court, the senior-most judge of thecountry.

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The ruling Pakistan Muslim League hasselected Minister for Petroleum and NaturalResources, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to be theinterim Prime Minister of Pakistan.

UNICEF appointed Indian- origin CanadianYouTube star Lilly Singh as its newestGlobal Goodwill Ambassador at a specialevent in New Delhi.

U.S. Navy tested the world’s first-ever activelaser weapons system, which is nowdeployed and ready for war.

US President Donald Trump has nominatedKrishna R. Urs to be the ambassador to Peru.

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Serbian parliament voted in Ana Brnabic,an openly gay woman, as the Country’sPrime Minister in a landmark move for thepatriarchal conservative country and theentire Balkans region.

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Saima Wazed Hossain, a globally renownedchampion for the cause of autism spectrumdisorder has been appointed as the WHO’sgoodwill ambassador for autism in the worldbody’s Southeast Asia region.

Pradeep Kumar Rawat presently a JointSecretary in the Ministry of External Affairs(MEA), has been appointed as the nextAmbassador of India to Indonesia.

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India‘s Ambassador to Peru SandeepChakravorty has been appointed as the headof the Indian consulate in New York.

Iran successfully launched its most advancedsatellite carrying rocket called ‘Simorgh‘into space. The launch took place at theImam Khomeini National Space Station inSemnan.

Indigenously developed Quick ReactionSurface-to-Air (QRSAM) short-rangemissile was successfully testfired from a testrange along the Odisha coast.

Joint military training exercise ‘ExerciseMaitree 2017’ between India and Thailandstarted in Himachal Pradesh.

The Malabar naval exercise involvingIndian, American and Japanese naviesstarted in the Bay of Bengal. The aim of theexercise is to achieve deeper military tiesand greater interoperability among the threenavies.

Pakistan has successfully test-fired short-range surfaceto- surface ballistic missile‘Nasr’.

The world‘s first floating windfarm hastaken to the seas. This can unlock expansesof ocean for generating renewable power inScotland.

Hamburg hosted the twelfth G20 Summit2017. German Chancellor Angela Merkelhosted the summit.

Business & FinanceRBI has placed Bank of Maharashtra underprompt corrective action (PCA) which putsrestricts on banking activities such as fromlending, hiring and expanding branches. Sofar, RBI has triggered PCAs for five banks– Central Bank of India, IDBI Bank, UCOBank, Dena Bank and Indian Overseas Bank.

Axis Bank Ltd announced biodegradableprepaid gift cards on the occasion of WorldEnvironment Day (05th June). With this, thebank has become the first to introducebiodegradable cards in the country.

Mongolian Businessman and Martial Artsexpert Khaltmaa Battulga was sworn in aspresident of Mongolia.

A new fast-growing Israeli flower wasnamed after Prime Minister Narendra Modi,in a special gesture to mark the first visit ofan Indian premier to the Jewish nation.Israeli Crysanthumun flower will now becalled ¯MODI .

US and Australia jointly test-fired ahypersonic missile capable of moving at aspeed eight times faster than sound calledHypersonic International Flight ResearchExperimentation Program (HIFiRE).

US Navy commissioned world‘s largestaircraft carrier, USS Gerald R Ford into thefleet. USS Gerald R. Ford is the first ship inthis new class of nuclear-powered aircraftcarriers for the U.S. Navy.

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Minister for road transport & highways NitinGadkari has launched ‘INAM PRO+’. It isan e-commerce platform for construction &infrastructure raw material for Govt. &private procurement.

Former chief economic advisor KaushikBasu has taken over as president of theInternational Economic Association (IEA).Basu’s three-year term started from June 23.

imposed on a single company in an antitrustcase.

SpiceJet Ltd has become the world‘s best-performing airline stock—with $26 billionin plane orders to boot.

TATA Projects has announced the launch ofGreen Thumb, an initiative to enhance thegreen cover. This new initiative of theinfrastructure company coincides withWorld Environment Day (05th June).

Reliance Infrastructure-promoted MumbaiMetro One Private Limited (MMOPL) haspartnered with Google to display its servicesin Google Maps application.

National Payments Corporation of Indiareceived a final nod from the Reserve Bankof India to function as the Bharat BillPayment Central Unit (BBPCU) and operatethe Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS).

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched‘Aaykar Setu’, an e-initiative for the Incometax Department to directly communicatewith the taxpayers and aimed at providinginformation on useful tax services.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launchedPradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana(PMVVY), a pension scheme exclusivelyfor senior citizens with 8% fixed rate ofinterest on their savings.

Karnataka government has launched the‘Elevate 100‘ scheme to identify and nurtureinnovative start-ups.

Mumbai Metro announced the launch ofIndia’s first Mobile Ticketing System‘OnGo’ which will help commuters pass theAFC gates using their mobile phones.

The country‘s biggest Global Skill Park inBhopal was inaugurated. Training will beimparted to 1000 students every year bytrainers of international standard.

SEBI has given conditional approval for theappointment of Vikram Limaye as the MD& CEO of the NSE.

RBI appointed S. Ganesh Kumar asExecutive Director.

Google has been fined 2.42 billion euros($2.7 Billion) by the European Commissionafter it ruled the company had abused itspower by promoting its own shoppingcomparison service at the top of searchresults. It is the biggest fine the EU has ever

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Economic Affairs Secretary SubhashChandra Garg appointed as India’s AlternateGovernor on the Board of Governors of theAsian Development Bank (ADB).

Bhumika Sharma, another Indian hasbecome Miss World in bodybuildingchampionship.

India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan lifted theITF (International Tennis Federation) men’sFutures tennis title after outplayingRaymond Sarmiento of the USA in straightsets in Singapore.

Technology giant Microsoft officiallylaunched ‘Kaizala‘, a productivity app thathas been designed to enhance thecollaboration and communicationexperience for Indian enterprises.

India, the world’s third-largest oil importer,will import crude oil from the United Statesfor the first time after Indian Oil Corp boughta cargo that will be delivered in October2017.

The defense arm of the Tata Group hassigned an agreement with American firmLockheed Martin to produce and export newgeneration F-16 fighter aircraft, potentiallykick-starting a mega ‘Make in India‘project.

SportsSrinivas Gokulnath from Maharashtracreated history by becoming the first Indianto complete the 4,941-km Race AcrossAmerica (RAAM) in solo category.

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Srinivas Gokulnath

B Sai Praneeth has clinched the ThailandOpen Grand Prix Gold badminton title bydefeating Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie in aclosely-fought final in Bangkok.

The fast-rising Ankush Dahiya (60kg)clinched a gold while the experienced LDevendro Singh (52kg) settled for a silvermedal on the final day of the UlaanbaatarCup boxing tournament in Mongolia.

India‘s Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu combinedto clinch the gold medal in mixed team 10mair pistol event of the ISSF World Cup,beating Russia in the final in Gabala,Azerbaijan.

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Rafael Nadal‘s magnificent run to a 10thFrench Open title has earned the Spaniard amove into second in the latest ATP worldrankings.

International Olympic Committee hasapproved new events for the 2020 TokyoGames, including a number of mixed gendercompetitions. The additions include a mixedteam event for judo. Table Tennis will alsoget a mixed doubles competition.

The 20-year-old Caeleb Dressel establishedhimself as America‘s newest star of the poolrecently, becoming the first swimmer to winthree gold medals on a single night at eitherthe worlds or the Olympics. Caeleb Dresselaccomplished this feat at 2017 FINA WorldAqatics Championships in Budapest,Hungary.

India‘s Karamjyoti Dalal won bronze medalat the World Para Athletics Championships2017 in the discus-throw. In the women‘sF55 category of discus throw, she manageda throw of 19.02 m. Sundar Singh Gurjarwon gold medal in the men‘s javelin throw.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)has appointed Bharat Arun as the IndianCricket team‘s bowling coach. They also toretain Sanjay Bangar as an assistant coachand R Sridhar as fielding coach till the 2019ODI World Cup.

World football’s governing body FIFA liftedthe ban on the Sudan Football Association(SFA) imposed on it for the failure to abideby agreements mentioned in articles 14 and19 of the FIFA statute.

Tamil film actor Kamal Haasan appointedas brand icon of Pro Kabaddi Leaguefranchise Tamil Thalaivas, co-owned byIndia batting legend Sachin Tendulkar.

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Indian eves lost to England by a narrowmargin of nine runs in the ICC Women’sWorld Cup final at Lord’s in London. ForEngland, it was their fourth Women’s WorldCup.

World Youth Champion Sachin Siwachclinched a gold medal at the CommonwealthYouth Games, Bahamas after defeatingWelsh boxer James Nathan Prober in thefinal.

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International Boxing Association (AIBA)announced that India will host their firstMen‘s World Championship in 2021. TheAIBA Men‘s World Championships 2019will be held in Russia city of Sochi. The

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2018 Women‘s World Championships willalso be held in New Delhi.

HS Prannoy notched up a thrilling three-game win over Commonwealth Gameschampion Parupalli Kashyap in an all-Indianfinal to clinch the $120,000 US Open GrandPrix Gold.

Garbine Muguruza of Spain came out withthe spectacular performance as she defeatedseven-time Grand Slam Champion VenusWilliams in straight sets to clinch her maidenWimbledon title.

Germany has lifted their maidenConfederation Cup Football title bydefeating Chile in the final. The match washeld at the Krestovsky Stadium in SaintPetersburg, Russia.

India‘s Manpreet Kaur claimed the goldmedal in the women‘s shot put in the AsianAthletics Championships 2017 at theKalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Govindan Laxmanan emerged triumphant inthe men‘s 5,000 meters and has also wonGold Medal.

Roger Federer won a record eighthWimbledon title and became thetournament‘s oldest champion with astraight-sets victory over Marin Cilic.Federer claimed his 19th Grand Slam title.

India’s Harinder Pal Sandhu has won theVictorian Open 2017 squash, a PSA Tourevent, in Melbourne, Austraila.

Mercedes‘ Lewis Hamilton won the BritishGrand Prix for the fifth time.

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Roger Federer

Rio Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhuwas bestowed with the ‘Sportsperson of theYear’ award during the Maruti SuzukiSportsperson of the Year‘s Charity GalaAwards.

Mithali became the woman cricketer whohas scored most runs in ODIs. Mithali Rajbecame the first women‘s player to reach6000 ODI runs.

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KeralaWedding ceremonies in Kerala are all set tobecome ‘green’, with the state Govt. comingout with a green protocol to make auspiciousoccasions more nature friendly.

Kerala will be hosting the fifth edition ofSouth India Writers Ensemble (SIWE) atChengannur, a town in Kerala‘s coastalAlappuzha district from 24 July 2017. Thecore theme of the festival this year is‘tolerance‘.

Indian Overseas Bank has launched theRetail Mart, a retail lending concept, inKerala’s capital city, Thiruvananthapuram.

The Kerala govt has presented “Anuyatra” ,an empowerment programme aimed atbringing the differently abled to themainstream and making the state disabledfriendly.

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan launcheddigital ride sharing platform -”G-Ride” app, which automatically matches co-workersand neighbours and helps them traveltogether.