January 2017
- India and Singapore inked 3rd Protocol for amending DTAA
- Period of enhanced Prepaid Payment Instruments limit extended by RBI
- India and Kazakhstan sign Protocol to amend DTAC
- Listing of five general insurance PSUs at the stock exchanges approved by CCEA
- MoU for cooperation in SME sector finalized by IORA
- The Union Cabinet approved Trade Agreement negotiations with Peru
- Ministry of AYUSH, ASCI signed MoU to co-regulate misleading advertisements in the AYUSH sector
- India rejects attempts of EU, Canada for Global Investment Agreement
February 2017
- Power Grid Corporation of India inked an MoU with Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority
- RBI gave Payments Bank licence to India Post
- India inked MoU to construct 3000 Rain Water Harvesting systems with Sri Lanka
- The Egypt Association tied up with Welspun India Ltd. to promote cotton products across the world
- Peugeot SA, a French automaker bought Ambassador Car from Hindustan Motors
- ReNew Power Ventures Pvt Ltd sold its 10% stake to JERA
March 2017
- Hike in minimum wages by 37 percent approved by Delhi LG
- Small & Medium Traders on Digital Payment Initiatives inaugurated by the Union Government
- Trade Mark Rules 2017 came into effect on 6th March 2017
- India’s largest Floating Solar PV Plant installed by NTPC
- Idea approves merger with Vodafone India
- 4G business of Tikona Networks acquired by Bharti Airtel
April 2017
- eBay India business- new acquistion of Flipkart to fight Amazon
- Aditya Birla Nuvo merging with Grasim Industries
- Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal buys 11.4% of miner Anglo American
May 2017
- Twitter partners with Bloomberg for streaming news 24/7
- Maruti, Honda, Toyota kick off new fiscal with a strong growth
- PepsiCo India forays into Dairy Products with an oats-based milk beverage
- Bharti Airtel and Ola Cabs tie-up to offer integrated digital services
- Indian Coir Sector’s export revenue touched an all-time high in the fiscal year 2016-17
- VO Chidambaranar Port Trust and TANGEDCO sign MoU to upgrade coal jetties
June 2017
- One of Top 5 Consumer Markets in Asia - India
- FDI proposals to be decided within 60 days by the Finance Ministry
- New anti-dumping duties on steel products from China imposed by Europe
- Management of Sahara India Life Insurance Company overtaken by IRDAI
- $13.6 mn fine imposed on Hyundai Motor's local unit by India's antitrust watchdog
- IOC, BPCL, HPCL sign agreement to set up USD 30 billion refineries on 15th June 2017
- 50-MW solar PV plant in Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh by Adani Group
- Travis Kalanick resigned as Uber CEO on 21st June 2017
July 2017
- €50 million fine on Facebook and Twitter over hate speech imposed by Germany
- World’s longest submarine cable system launched by Reliance Jio
- Volkswagen returns to Iranian market after 17-year absence on 4th July 2017
- Xiaomi to acquire key Nokia patents on 5th July 2017
- Heavy communications satellite Intelsat 35e is launched by SpaceX
- Bengaluru-based startup Halli Labs acquired by Google
- Country’s first Bio-Methane Bus developed by Tata Motors
- Google introduces recruiting app 'Hire' for businesses on 18th July 2017
- Tata's Advinus Therapeutics acquired by Eurofins Scientific
August 2017
- Jimmy Choo acquired by Michael Kors
- Amazon's Jeff Bezos becomes world’s richest person on 27th July 2017
- Rs 3375-crore Mauritius metro order bagged by - L&T
- Program to improve Mobile Developer Ecosystem launched by Google and NSDC
- YouTube competitor called 'Watch' launched by Facebook
- Vishal Sikka resigns as Infosys CEO, on 18th August 2017
- Sanjiv Gupta has been appointed President and MD of General Motors India
- New Android version named Oreo introduced by Google
- India grants Pfizer patent for pneumonia vaccine in August 2017
- Project Brainwave for real-time artificial intelligence launched by Microsoft
- 'Business Week' in India to be led by Australian Trade Minister
- Dara Khosrowshahi has been appointed as CEO of Uber Technologies Inc
- China’s TCL to launch waterproof BlackBerry phone in October 2017
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