NATIONAL
- Rajnath Singh chaired the first meeting of the newly constituted Islands Development Agency (IDA)
- Madras High Court directed that National Song Vande Mataram should be sung in all Tamil Nadu educational institutions
- FSSAI has banned the use of stapler pins in tea bags from January 2018
INTERNATIONAL
- BRICS Youth Forum 2017 opened in Beijing
BANKING & ECONOMY
- Aurionpro launches a Bank in a Box to reduce branch expansion cost for banks
- Standard Chartered Bank has launched a Multi-currency Forex Card for overseas travelers
- Bolivia has declared “total independence” from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank
APPOINTMENT
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai has been appointed to the board of directors of Alphabet
DEFENCE
- Sweden is going to hold its ‘first and biggest’ military exercise in over 20 years
