Politics & Government
July 2017
- Historic indirect tax regime -GST after 17 years of debate launched by India
- 65 MoUs signed at Textiles India 2017
- Short range surface-to-air missile successfully test-fired by India
- Same-sex marriage approved by the German Parliament
- Petya Ransomware - Threat to Modern Technology
- Madhya Pradesh sets new record by planting 6 Crore saplings in just 12 hours
- Flood situation arisen in Manipur
- Free GST Facilitation Centers set up across Goa
- Compulsory registration of marriages recommended by the Law Commission
- Menace of terrorism and radicalism to be fought together by Israel and India
- Har Haath Ek Kitaab launched by the National Book Trust
- CGST won't apply on items not registered under trademark law announced on 5th July 2017
- New transport policy to overhaul transport system of the state unveiled by Punjab government
- EPFO inked agreement with 5 banks to collect PF dues
- Veteran leader Babu Jagjivan Ram was paid homage by PM Modi
- India declares itself free from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 and H5N8 on 6th July 2017
- Student-scientist connect program JIGYASA launched by the Union Government
- Malabar Exercise 2017 begun by India, Japan and the US
- MRP on packaged consumer products going to be same from 1st January 2018
- Panchsheel Pact between China and India
- India ranks 23rd among 165 nations in the 2017 Global Cybersecurity Index
- PM Modi raises issues of terrorism, climate change at BRICS Leaders' Informal Meeting in Hamburg on 7th July 2017
- Union Government proposes scheme to open residential schools for SC girls on 7th July 2017
- Import of aircraft, aircraft engines from ambit of GST exempted by the Union Government
- Digital initiatives to promote e-education launched by President Pranab Mukherjee
- India grants Rupees 3.2 crore help to the Philippines to fight ISIS
- RailCloud Project, NIVARAN-Grievance Portal and CTSE Scheme launched by Railway Ministry
- Services by Educational Institutions to students are exempted from Tax under GST
- A supercluster of galaxies, Saraswati Discovered by Indian scientists
- World Youth Skills Day 2017 observed globally on 15th July 2017
- India-Russia celebrating 70 years diplomatic relations
- Galaxy 1000 times brighter than Milky Way discovered by Scientists
- Millions of precious minerals under Indian seabed discovered by the geological team
- Bill passed to boost defence cooperation with India by the US House of Representatives
- Right of Children to Free & Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill scheduled for consideration in Lok Sabha on 18th July 2017
- Shala Siddhi Prohatsan Yojana in 25000 government schools launched by MP
- Solar project to electrify remote village of Agaween in Egypt launched by India
- Cap on weight of school bags put by Telangana State
- MoU between India and Netherlands on cooperation in space technology apprised by the Union Cabinet
- Indian Institute of Information Technology Public Private Partnership Bill 2017 cleared by the Lok Sabha on 19th July 2017
- mAadhaar app for syncing Aadhaar data on mobile phone launched by UIDAI
- Quality mark logo for milk and milk products launched by the Union Government
- MoU with NIUA for preparing Delhi Master Plan 2041 signed b the DDA
- National Food Security Act statement was given by Supreme Court on 21st July 2017
- SHe-box portal for sexual harassment complaints launched by the Union Government
- Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2017 introduced in Lok Sabha on 24th July 2017
- Mobile app Aarambh for road maintenance launched by the Union Government
- National Anti-profiteering Authority to be selected by the GST Council
- Madras HC makes Vande Mataram mandatory in schools, private and government offices
- MoU signed between Uttarakhand government and AAI to develop civil aviation sector
- Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill, 2017 passed by the Parliament
- Second highest tiger count in India recorded by Uttarakhand
August 2017
- Russia asks 755 US diplomats to leave country following American sanctions on 30th July 2017
- e-RaKAM portal for selling agricultural produce launched by the Union Government
- ASI protected monuments to be declared Polythene Free Zones by the Archaeological Survey of India
- Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail project sanctioned on 2nd August 2017
- NABARD (Amendment) Bill, 2017 passed by the Lok Sabha
- Appointment of three Indian Americans confirmed by the US Senate
- Government to develop green airports in Andhra Pradesh
- India’s first ever Heli-taxi service launched by Bangalore
- Online portals MahaDBT, MahaVASTU launched by the Maharashtra Government
- Entire Assam as 'disturbed' area under AFSPA for a month- declared by the Union Government Center
- Rs 1 Lakh Cr on education and road connectivity to be spent by the J&K government
- Earthquake of magnitude 7 on Richter scale struck China on the 8th August 2017
- Citizens of 80 countries including India can now enter Qatar without visa
- Web portal to enable online orders for textbooks launched by - NCERT
- India ratifies second commitment period of Kyoto Protocol on 8th August 2017
- Swachh Survekshan Gramin 2017 launched by the Union Government
- Online registration for custodians of securities launched by - SEBI
- Full-fledged Hyperspectral Imaging Earth observation satellite to be developed by ISRO
- Venkaiah Naidu sworn in as 13th Vice President of the country on 11th August 2017
- 10 projects worth more than Rs 2000 Crore approved by the National Mission for Clean Ganga
- Lok Sabha passes State Banks (Repeal and Amendment) Bill, 2017 on 10th August 2017
- Delhi Assembly passes Minimum Wages (Delhi) Amendment Bill 2017, Netaji Subhash varsity bill on 10th August 2017
- Next steering committee meeting of TAPI gas pipeline to be hosted by India
- G-7 Interior Minister's summit on security to be hosted by Italy
- Bullock Cart Racing to remain banned in Maharashtra- Bombay HC on 16th August 2017
- India’s first Partition Museum opens in Amritsar
- 4th Advance Estimate of production of major crops for 2016-17 released by the Union Government
- LED bulbs, tube lights, fans to go on sale at petrol pumps across India
- MoU between India and Sweden on Intellectual Property Rights approved on 16th August 2017
- RBI announced Aadhar linkage mandatory for farmers to avail short-term crop loans in 2017-18 on
- Artificial womb to save extremely premature babies developed by scientists
- GEF Grant Agreement with World Bank signed by the Union Government
- Nagaland Government constitutes committee to review Nagaland Municipal Act 2001 on 20th August 2017
- Delegation of Powers to Border Roads Organisation approved by the Union Ministry of Defence
- Compassionate family pension instead of employment to be launched by the Assam government
- India’s first calf born to surrogate cow in August 2017
- Physical police verification of passport to be replaced with Online verification
- Panneerselvam sworn in as Deputy CM of Tamil Nadu on 21st August 2017
- Digital Police Portal under CCTNS project launched by the Union Government
- ICMR signs Deal signed between IVI for vaccine research and development on 21st August 2017
- Second ship of Landing Craft Utility MK-IV inducted by the Indian Navy
- Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat Program on 21st August 2017
- Common Services Centres (CSC) in India to launch Doorstep Enrollment Facility for Elders
- NITI Aayog to launch Mentor India Campaign on 22nd August 2017
- Cabinet approves India-Nepal MoU on drug matters on 23rd August 2017
- India-Nepal signed 8 agreements to boost the bilateral relations on 24th August 2017
- Union Cabinet approves setting up of Commission to examine sub-categorization within OBCs on 23rd August 2017
- "YUVA - Skill Development Programme" inaugurated by Rajnath Singh
- No interview for non-gazetted posts in Uttar Pradesh announced by the Uttar Pradesh Government
- ISRO all set to launch India’s 8th navigational satellite on 31st August 2017
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