| Union Finance Ministry has further extended deadline on imposing import duty hike on 29 products, imported from United States (US) by 45 days till September 18, 2018 from earlier August 4, 2018 |
| Controversial General accused of war crimes named as Sri Lanka Army chief |
| No complete withdrawal from Afghanistan: Trump |
| Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurated regulator Food Safety and Standard Authority of India’s (FSSAI) National Food Laboratory (NFL) in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| US ‘prepared to engage' with N Korea in nuclear talks: envoy |
| China ‘will not sit idly by’ over US arms sale to Taiwan
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| Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has decided to expand Rotavirus vaccine to the entire country from September 2019
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| Homemade bomb kills Israeli, wounds two others in West Bank |
| Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved setting up of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Technical Liaison Unit at Moscow, Russia |
| Sri Lanka ends state of emergency |
| Former India cricketer and Bengal captain Arun Lal conferred with Karthik Bose Lifetime Achievement award of the Cricket Association of Bengal’s in Kolkata |
| Pak Foreign Min Qureshi dials UN chief over Kashmir |
| Docking aborted for Russia’s first humanoid robot in space |
| United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved new drug-Pretomanid for treating drug-resistant strain of Tuberculosis (TB) |
| Israeli warplanes hit Gaza after Palestinian rocket fire: Army
G7 leaders back HK autonomy, call for calm |
| 23 killed in Mexico bar fire, officials investigating ‘attack' |
| Government has doubled import duties on 328 textile products to 20% from existing rate of 10% under Section 159 of the Customs Act, 1962. Earlier in July 2018, Government had doubled import duty on over 50 textile products — including jackets, suits and carpets to 20% |
| Gaza under alert after bombings kill three police officers |
| EU fears of a no-deal Brexit soar as UK defends its actions |
| IIT Guwahati Researchers develop portable device to detect bacteria without lab tests |
| Taliban launch massive attack on Afghan city of Kunduz |
| Saudi-led coalition bombs Yemen prison, ‘kills 60’ |
| Researcher from Mexico has discovered way to turn cactus leaves into non toxic and biodegradable material with similar properties to plastic |
| Chinese telecom giant Huawei launched its own operating system called HarmonyOS or HongMeng in Chinese |
| Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched a year-long programmes and functions from 12 August 2019 to commemorate birth centenary of of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, founder and eminent space scientist of ISRO |
| Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, have developed process of synthesizing bone implant materials from eggshells
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| Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has finalized India’s first National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL) |
| NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission took first high-resolution measurements of an interplanetary shock |
| Russia launched life-size humanoid robot called Fedor to International Space Station (ISS) |
| Akademik Lomonosov: Russia launches world’s first floating nuclear reactor |
| IIT-KGP (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur) researchers develop new technology- Hydro Thermal Carbonization (HTC) for solid waste management |
| Saudi Arabia allows women to travel without male ‘guardian’ approval |
| Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) launched India’s first large-scale trial for two new tuberculosis (TB) vaccines named IMMUVAC and VPM1002 |
| ISRO sets up Space Situational Awareness Control Centre in Bengaluru |
| N Korea says Kim supervised latest rocket launcher test |
| Saif Ali Khan Wears a Fiery, Tense Look as Naga Sadhu in Laal Kaptaan Teaser |
| Pati, Patni Aur Woh Actress Vidya Sinha Passes Away in Mumbai |
| Sudan's pro-democracy movement signed a power-sharing agreement with the ruling military council on Sunday aimed at paving the way for a transition to civilian rule following the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir in April |
| The Lion King is Now Highest Grossing Live-action Film of All Time |
| Shahid Kapoor, Ishaan Khatter, Kunal Kemmu Turn Bikers and Hit the Road In Switzerland |
| YouTube to launch ‘Learning Playlists’ for educational videos |
| Parineeti Chopra Starts Shooting for The Girl on the Train Hindi Adaptation |
| Malaika Arora Shares Details About Her Relationship and Marriage Plans with Arjun Kapoor |
| Sanjay Dutt and Maanayata's Debut Marathi Production 'Baba' Heads to Golden Globes |
| Lisa Haydon announces Second Pregnancy |
| Shraddha Kapoor Says Prabhas Helped Her in Learning Telugu for Saaho |
| Lalit Kala Akademi celebrated its 65th Foundation Day on August 5th, 2019. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Culture & Tourism inaugurated the celebration in New Delhin |
| Kartik Aaryan Gets Thumbs Up for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 First Look |
| Actress Bruna Abdullah Looks Radiant as She Flaunts 38-week Baby Bump |
| Shilpa Shetty's Son Viaan Becomes Krishna on Janamashtami, SRK Also Breaks Dahi Handi |
| Kareena Kapoor’s Munchkin Taimur and Aamir Khan’s Son Azad Celebrate Janmashtami |
| Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee to Reunite for Netflix's Ghost Stories |
| Sanjay Dutt's Daughter Trishala Posts Another Photo with Late Boyfriend, Says 'I Miss You' |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched nation-wide Fit India Movement from event held in Indira Gandhi Stadium Complex in New Delhi |
| PV Sindhu became 1st Indian to win a Badminton World Championships gold by beating familiar rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan |
| Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved increasing the number of judges in Supreme Court from the present 31 to 34, including Chief Justice of India (CJI) |
| Indian Army has awarded Rs. 100-crore contract for 81 high mobility 10×10 vehicles to India’s leading vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland |
| The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has transferred surplus (dividend) of Rs. 50,000 crore to Government for year ended in June 2018, over 63% more than Rs 30,659 crore which it transferred in 2017 |
| Shah Rukh Khan to Feature in Song Dedicated to Pulwama Terror Attack Victims |
| The NITI Aayog and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and and entered into three-year partnership |
| As per data released by Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry, index of eight core industries expanded to 7-month high of 6.7% in June 2018 |
| Invest India and Business France have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote investment facilitation and cooperation between startups of India and France |
| BWF World Championship 2019: B. Sai Praneeth wins bronze in men’s singles |
| NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission has discovered GJ 357 d, a super-Earth planet located 31 light years away from our own solar system |
| Kutno Athletics Meet: Hima Das wins gold in Women’s 200m |
| Shah Rukh Khan awarded Excellence in Cinema award at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne |
| Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved signing of United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements (UNISA) resulting from mediation by India |
| Parliament has passed Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019 that seeks to repeal certain enactments and to amend certain other enactments |
| Arun Jaitley, former union minister and BJP troubleshooter passes away at 66 |
| ITC Group’s present Managing Director (MD) Sanjiv Puri was elevated as new Chairman and Managing Director of company |
| According to index of eight core industries released by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, growth rate of eight infrastructure sectors slowed down to 4.8 per cent in October 2018 |
| Bharatcraft portal: Government to launch e-commerce marketing platform |
| Disha Patani, Dia Mirza, Esha Gupta Raise Awareness in Aarey Deforestation Case |
| Lok Sabha passed Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 that aims to ban commercial surrogacy in India by a voice vote |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the government will launch a Jal Jeevan Mission to bring piped water to households |
| Former Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest in New Delhi |
| The 1st session of 17th Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die, a day ahead of scheduled conclusion, as 99% of government business has been completed |
| Parliament passes Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Bill, 2019 |
| Chairman of IT major Wipro and philanthropist Azim Premji was bestowed with highest French civilian distinction Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur |
| Chennai Lions glided away to one-sided victory over Dabang Delhi in final to win Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) crown |
| Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has tightened disclosure standards for credit rating agencies (CRAs) while assigning ratings to debt instruments |
| Defence Ministry signs MoU with IPFC and NRDC |
| Vistara announces international operations; to launch services to Singapore |
| International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and World Trade Organization have collectively launched report “Reinvigorating Trade and Inclusive Growth" |
| State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has made oil and gas discoveries in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal that may potentially open up two new sedimentary basins in country |
| American security and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has entered into an agreement with Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) to manufacture wings of its F-16 fighter jets in India |
| The merger of Idea Cellular and Vodafone India has been completed after it was cleared by National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) |
| Ajay Devgn Now Owns a Rolls-Royce Cullinan Luxury SUV Worth Rs 6.95 Crore
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| Mukesh Ambani-led oil-to-telecom behemoth Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) became first Indian company to cross Rs 8 lakh crore ($114 billion) market capitalisation |
| National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has launched UPI 2.0, an upgraded and renwed version of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) by adding four new features to make it attractive and safer for users |
| Trump says he wants stronger gun checks but gives no details |
| Indian rupee for first time in history plunged to record low of Rs. 70.07 against US dollar on 14 August 2018 |
| Fertiliser major IFFCO has entered into joint venture with Congelados De Navarra to set up food processing plant at Ludhiana in Punjab with an investment of Rs 325 crore |
| ‘China may halt French police cooperation over Interpol case’
Stop interfering in HK, China tells US diplomats |
| Gokulam Kerala FC won Durand Cup 2019 football tournament by beating Mohun Bagan in final held at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata |
| WADA suspends accreditation of India’s National Dope Testing Laboratory for 6 months |
| South Korea to remove Japan from preferred trade list |
| Autopsy of Epstein performed, but details yet to be released |
| BCCI awards title sponsorship rights to Paytm for 5 more years |
| Kremlin: Spies watching Russian scientists '24/7' |
| Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) sports personnel won 10 medals, at recently-concluded World Police and Fire Games 2019 (WPFG-2019) held at Chengdu, China’s southwestern Sichuan province |
| Ravi Shastri has been re-appointed head coach of Indian men’s cricket team till 2021 by Kapil Dev-led Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) |
| Indian men’s cyclist team created history by clinching the Team Sprint gold medal at World Junior Track Cycling Championships in Frankfurt, Germany |
| Sudan to launch historic transition to civilian rule |
| Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik inaugurated Naval Tata Hockey Academy (NTHA), a high-performance centre for hockey at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha for grooming best hockey talent in State |
| Pakistan Army ‘fully prepared’ to face any challenge: Army spokesman |
| 63 killed in Kabul blast, ISIS owns responsibility |
| Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) agreed to come under the ambit of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) |
| Indian Wrestler Vinesh Phogat won gold in women’s 53kg category at Poland Open wrestling tournament in Warsaw |
| Iceland commemorates 1st glacier lost to climate change |
| Film Actor Aamir Khan launched Mission Shakti, a Maharashtra government’s initiative to train athletes from tribal areas for international sports events such as Olympics |
| Mohali traffic police in Punjab have launched India’s first wireless 3-D Smart Traffic Signal System called Intelights |
| Chandrayaan-2 successfully launched by ISRO on July 22 by GSLV MkIII-M1 Vehicle at 1443 hours |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated each and every Indian on this exceptional achievement of Chandrayaan-2 launch |
| FIFA Women’s World Cup: U.S.A beats Netherlands |
| Trump's ‘maximum pressure' campaign on Iran faces key test |
| EU court rules sites must warn about Facebook ‘like’ button |
| Hyperbola-1 China launches first commercial rocket |
| Johnson putting UK on ‘collision course’ with EU: Irish Min |
| France warns Johnson against ‘provocations’ ahead of Macron meet |
| Actor Arjun Rampal and his girlfriend Gabriella Demetriades have named their new-born Arik |
| Gully Boy’ wins NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at BIFAN |
| YouTube to launch ‘Learning Playlists’ for educational videos |
| Grand Prix of Spain Women’s Wrestling: Vinesh, Divya win gold |
| Copa America: Brazil beat Peru with 3-1 |
| Parliament passes Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 |
| Industrialist BK Birla passes away |
| Mexico beats US to lift 8th CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal to visit China early next month |
| OBC initiates Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process against L&T Halol Shamlaji Tollway Ltd |
| Lok Sabha takes up Bill to deal with ponzi schemes |
| NASA to launch Dragonfly to search for life on Saturn’s largest moon Titan |
| Kutno Athletics Meet: Hima Das wins gold in Women’s 200m |
| Hong Kong actor Simon Yam was stabbed in the stomach while appearing on stage for a promotional event in southern China |
| Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee launched a unique initiative called ‘Didi Ke Bolo’ (Tell your sister) campaign to reach out to people of state |
| B S Yeddyurappa sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka |
| Badri Narain Sharma reappointed NAA Chief |
| PNB shares drop 11% after BPSL fraud case |
| Economy is weak, needs bold, structural reforms: Chidambaram |
| NCLAT dismisses HDFC's insolvency plea against RHC Holding |
| Cabinet approves sale of FACT land to Government of Kerala |
| Disney India Goes All Out To Serve 'The Lion King' With Local Flavours |
| Andhra Pradesh passes Bill for 75% jobs to locals in factories |
| Shawala Teja Singh temple in Pakistan opened for Hindus after 72 Years |
| Lok Sabha passes Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 |
| Rural telephone subscribers fall in May, urban user base rises: Trai |
| Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan released National Digital Health Blueprint (NDHB) which aims to create National Digital Health Eco-System, in public domain |
| Banks see whopping 73% spike in frauds at Rs71,543 cr in FY19 |
| Mitsotakis becomes Greece’s new PM to vow to end economic crisis |
| NCLAT clears ways for takeover of Essar Steel by ArcelorMittal |
| Defence Ministry signs MoU with IPFC and NRDC |
| Vistara announces international operations; to launch services to Singapore |
| Tata Steel’s Q1 consolidated steel output grows 9% to 7.61 MT |
| Pak, Afghanistan resume transit treaty negotiations |
| Luminous Power Technologies launches Tierra switches |
| Mukesh Ambani keeps salary capped at Rs 15 cr for 11th yr in a row |
| Boeing jet trouble leads to cuts at Europe's busiest airline |
| OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal to buy back shares from early investors for USD 2 bn |
| With Judgementall Hai Kya, Kangana Ranaut Has Again Demonstrated Her Terrific Script Sense |
| Hyundai Motor India to hike prices by up to Rs 9,200 from Aug |
| Nissan confirms profit plunge as job cuts reported |
| France warns Johnson against ‘provocations’ ahead of Macron meet |
| Reliance Capital cuts its CP dues to nil, settles Rs 75 cr |
| Budget lays down roadmap for India to get back on high growth track: Jaitley |
| Honda recalls 5,088 units to fix faulty Takata airbags |
| Tripoli flights halted after strike by Libya strongman |
| Dutee Chand wins 100m gold in World Universiade in Italy |
| Viswanathan Anand joins as mentor of ChessKid |
| Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday left for his maiden trip to the US to have face-to-face talks with President Donald Trump |
| NATO ‘concerned' by Turkey receiving Russian missile |
| World Tour Platinum Australian Open: Indian Duo win bronze |
| US seeks ‘continued progress’ from Pakistan in defeating terror groups |
| Simona Halep beats Serena for Maiden Wimbledon Title |
| Kladno Memorial Athletics Meet: Mohammad Anas, Hima Das wins gold |
| India secures top spot in Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship |
| Chinese businesses pledge $5 billion investment in Pakistan in next five years |
| 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship begins in Cuttack |
| Mohun Bagan Ratna Award 2019: Keshav Dutt, Prasun Banerjee |
| UK new PM tells Parliament he will work ‘flat out' for ‘new golden age’ |
| Barnier says EU will work with ‘clever’ Johnson |
| CW Table Tennis Championships: India tops medal tally with 7 Gold |
| Kiren Rijiju Committee: Strategise Preparations for 2020, 2024 Olympics |
| US House passes Bill to remove 7% cap on issuing Green Card |
| Khelo India Youth Games 2020 to be held in Guwahati |
| Mary Kom wins gold in President’s Cup |
| Imran Tahir breaks two records in opening game against England |
| New Space India Limited (NSIL) was inaugurated in Bengaluru |
| Airtel offers Amazon Prime to prepaid users to beat Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea |
| TAFE has roped in Actor Akshay Kumar as its brand ambassador |
| Asian Development Bank with Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) |
| UEFA Champions League 2019: Sony seen earning ₹25 crore from on-air ad sales |
| Tendulkar, Laxman depose before BCCI Ethics Officer |
| Narendra Modi sworn in as Prime Minister for 2nd term. |
| Binyavanga Wainaina was a Kenyan author, journalist and 2002 winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing |
| Shah Rukh Khan Shares Heartfelt Post After Meeting David Letterman in New York |
| No tractable conflict, BCCI responsible for this current situation: Tendulkar |
| Vodafone is said to have found Huawei security flaws from 2009 |
| IIT Madras puts students in MS Dhoni’s shoes, asks what to do if CSK win toss |
| Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone will set up its first container terminal outside India in Myanmar |
| Suryakumar Yadav's 71 propels Mumbai Indians to fifth IPL final |
| Scarlett Johansson Gets Engaged to Saturday Night Live Host Colin Jost After Two Years of Dating |
| Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Mass Media Forum |
| Arjun Kapoor Accepts Relationship with Malaika Arora, Says Media has been Decent About It |
| Intel to launch 7 nanometer chip products in 2021 |
| Du Plessis, Watson lead Chennai Super Kings into record eighth IPL final |
| Union Government of India has banned Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh and its manifestations |
| Manchester City retains Premier League title on final day of season |
| Sikkim Krantikari Morcha Prem Singh Tamang was sworn in as the 6th Chief Minister of Sikkim |
| Sir Julius Chan will become prime minister of Papua New Guinea for the 3rd time after the resignation of Peter O’Neill |
| The chief of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, Zakir Musa was killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama. |
| Punjab bans Online Food Delivery without Hygiene Rating. |
| Siddhant Chaturvedi Shares Selfie with Chris Hemsworth, Says 'I'm Worthy of Lifting Thor's Hammer' |
| Mumbai Indians claim record fourth IPL title with one-run triumph |
| Lenovo’s EGO digital smartwatch brings fitness essentials at Rs 1,999 |
| Rajasthan bans Advertisement and sale of e-cigarettes |
| The Trump administration issued a warning to companies to protect their secrets and data better. The hacking is mainly expected to come from China, but the warning includes all foreign countries |
| Stefan Lofven has been elected for a second term as Swedish Prime Minister |
| Aquaman Earns a Billion, Surpasses The Dark Night Rises to Become Highest Grossing DC Movie |
| Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Kane Williamson, Steve SmithThere's symmetry in the Test numbers of these four top-class batsmen |
| Sunil Chhetri strikes twice in India’s first Asian Cup win since 1964, goes past Lionel Messi |
| Australia series win my biggest achievement: Virat Kohli |
| Union Budget 2019: All you want to know about the Budget; Process of Budget approval |
| Zuckerberg announced plans to merge Whatsapp. Facebook, and Instagram. Despite this, the three services will remain their own individual apps. |
| SC forms Constitution Bench to hear plea challenging ‘Hindu prayers’ in Kendriya Vidyalayas |
| India crash out of AFC Asian Cup with 0-1 defeat to Bahrain |
| Indian scientist CNR Rao has been conferred with the first Sheikh Saud International Prize for Materials Research |
| BCCI lifts bans on Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul |
| India Donated 3 lakh Dollars For Peacekeeping Initiative At UNThe 7th ASEAN-India Tourism Ministers meeting was held in Vietnam |
| Padma Awards 2019: Don't Need to be Extra Careful After This Recognition, Says Manoj Bajpayee |
| Swara Bhasker Opens Production House with Brother, Names it Kahaaniwaaley |
| Rakesh Asthana has been appointed as the new Director General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security |
| Twitter announced that it found a bug that exposed private tweets, and those tweets may have been able to be read for years. Affected users, most of whom use the Android app, have been notified by Twitter |
| Boman Irani Joins Vivek Oberoi's PM Narendra Modi Biopic |
| The 14th edition of its annual Global Risk Report, 2019 is released by World Economic Forum |
| The super blood wolf moon, a rare lunar eclipse, could be seen. Many people throughout the world enjoyed a beautiful, full lunar eclipse |
| The 7th ASEAN-India Tourism Ministers meeting was held in Vietnam |
| UNESCO has named Rio de Janeiro as the World Capital of Architecture for 2020 |
| Shilpa Shetty Dragged to Court Over Rs 21 Lakh Loan, with Sister Shamita and Mother Sunanda |
| Ramakant Achrekar, the man who discovered Sachin Tendulkar, passes away |
| India improves its ranking on Corruption Perceptions Index 2018; moves to 78th position |
| UP Cabinet approves construction of Ganga Expressway to connect Prayagraj with Western UP |
| Cabinet approves Agriculture Export Policy 2018 to double farmer's income by 2022 |
| Ricky Ponting Inducted Into ICC Hall of Fame |
| Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sworn in as 58th President of Mexico |
| UNESCO accepted Korean wrestling as one of the world’s most treasured cultural practices |
| Shubhankar Sharma has become the fifth and the youngest Indian golfer to clinch the Asian Tour Order of Merit |
| Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana: Delhi Government launches Free Pilgrimage Scheme for senior citizens |
| Belgium wins Hockey World Cup 2018 Title |
| Gautam Gambhir announces retirement from all forms of cricket |
| Amazon India signed MoU with FISME to empower MSME sector |
| Lok Sabha passes Triple Talaq Bill 2018 |
| Kamal Nath takes oath as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh |
| Kevin Hart backed out of the Oscars after homophobic tweets resurfaced |
| Telecom ministry announced that 5G services likely to be rolled out by August 2019 |
| Luxembourg become the world’s first country to make all its public transport free by 2019 |
| Former Indian Kabaddi Captain, Anup Kumar announces retirement |
| Israel become a permanent member of Financial Action Task Force |
| Australia became the world's leading exporter of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) for the first time |
| GSAT-11: India’s heaviest communication satellite launched successfully from French Guiana |
| Nepal caps expenditure of its citizens in India |
| China's Chang'e-4 probe Geared to Land on Dark Side of the Moon |
| Australia became the world's leading exporter of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) for the first time |
| Government, ADB sign USD 85 million loan agreement to support skill development in Odisha |
| Government forms Rajiv Kumar Committee to look at selling of OIL, ONGC fields to private companies |
| National Commission for Women to support livelihood programmes for women in northeast |
| Urjit Patel resigns as Governor of Reserve Bank of India |
| Microsoft passes Apple to become most valuable company |
| Miss Philippines Catriona Gray crowned Miss Universe 2018 |
| Trump orders US military to create 'Space Command' |
| 7th International Tourism Mart Inaugurated in Agartala |
| USA pulls out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty |
| Sonata Software to acquire U.S. headquartered Sopris Systems |
| Ola will boost Vogo’s supply by investing in 1,00,000 scooters on the Vogo platform, worth $100 million |
| India successfully test-fires Agni-5 ballistic missile |
| Nick Jonas and actress Priyanka Chopra officially tied the knot on Dec 1, 2018 |
| 'Arrow' star Katie Cassidy married her longtime boyfriend |
| Pankaj Advani Became First Indian To Win Asian Snooker Tour Title |
| Tata Steel Named Official Partner of FIH Men's Hockey World Cup 2018 |
| India Signs $950 Million Contract With Russia To Buy Two Stealth Frigates |
| Tourism Minister K J Alphons Attends Program And Budget Committee Meeting of UNWTO |
| Mary Kom Named Brand Ambassador Of 2018 Women's World Boxing Championships |
| 18th Indian Ocean Rim Association Council of Ministers Meeting Held in Durban |
| Subhankar Dey Wins SaarLorLux Open Badminton Tournament |
| Simone Biles Sets World Record, Wins 13th World Championship Gold |
| Reliance receives India’s 1st LC Payment via Blockchain |
| India, South Korea Sign MoU on Cooperation In Sports |
| IFFI to commence in Goa from November 20 |
| Lucknow Stadium Renamed After Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Odisha Government Launched ‘Mo Bus’ Services |
| Vice President Inaugurates Indian War Memorial in France |
| Bajrang Punia Becomes Number 1 In World in 65kg |
| Palau Becomes 1st Country In World To Ban Reef-Killing Sunscreen |
| World's First AI News Anchor Debuts In China |
| India and Morocco Sign Agreement On Mutual Legal Assistance |
| PM Modi Inaugurates Projects Worth Over Rs 2,400 crore in Varanasi |
| Indian-Indonesian Navy Bilateral Exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’ Begins |
| ISRO Launches GSAT-29 Communication Satellite From Andhra Pradesh |
| Agriculture Ministry Launches NCDC’s 'Yuva Sahakar Scheme' |
| Yes Bank Chairman Ashok Chawla Resigns |
| Women’s World Boxing Championships Begins in Delhi |
| PM Modi inaugurates Kundli-Manesar Palwal Western Peripheral Expressway |
| Jalaj Srivastava Appointed New IWAI Chairman |
| UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey Appointed New Revenue Secretary |
| Sunil Mehta Panel Incorporates 'Sashakt India AMC' for Large NPAs |
| Karnataka Bank launches CASA campaign 'KBL SB - TASC' |
| Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Presented Lifetime Achievement Award In Delhi |
| Alexander Zverev Won ATP World Tour Finals in London |
| India's First Elephant Hospital Opens In Mathura |
| Maldives Cabinet Approves To Rejoin Commonwealth |
| Lakshya Sen Wins Bronze At World Junior Badminton Championship |
| President Kovind 2-Nation Visit: Signed 4 MoUs With Vietnam |
| HRD Ministry Launched Institution’s Innovation Council |
| Airports Authority of India Signed Pact With USTDA |
| Wasim Jaffer Becomes 1st To Touch 11,000-Run Milestone in Ranji Trophy |
| 7th International Tourism Mart Inaugurated in Agartala |
| Sushma Swaraj Co-Chairs 9th Meeting of India-Lao PDR Joint Commission |
| Paytm Partners With LIC For Insurance Premium Payments |
| Mary Kom Wins Sixth World Championship Title, Creates History |
| Hyderabad to Host IndiaJoy Gaming, Digital Media Expo From December 2 |
| Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Snow White Colour Variant Launched With Matching S Pen Stylus |
| Amazon PayCode Payment Method Launched in Partnership With Western Union |
| Asus ZenFone Max Pro M2 Leaked in Video, Specifications Tipped |
| Facebook to Be Questioned by 7-Nation Panel Over Data Scandals |
| Facebook Plans to Train 5 Million Indians in Digital Skills by 2021 |
| 49th International Film Festival of India opens in Panaji, Goa... |
| Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh finally ties the knot in Italy! |
| US And Canada Sign Trade Deal Replacing NAFTA |
| AYUSH Information Cell Set Up At Indian Embassy in Romania |
| Veteran Harmonium Player Pandit Tulsidas Borkar Passed Away |
| Yuvraj Wadhwani lifts Asian Junior Squash title |
| RBI Allows State-Owned Oil Companies To Borrow Long Term Working Capital |
| Chanda Kochhar Quits As CEO of ICICI Bank |
| 18-Year-Old Prithvi Shaw Youngest Indian To Score Century On Test Debut |
| Reliance Health Insurance Gets Final Approval From IRDAI |
| Former England Batsman Nick Compton Retires From Cricket |
| Apple Displaced Google To Become The Top Brand In The World |
| Election Commission announces assembly election dates for 5 states |
| Pakistan Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Ghauri Ballistic Missile |
| Government Reconstitutes Top Court-Powered Pollution Control Panel |
| India Beat Sri Lanka To Win U-19 Asia Cup Title |
| RIL Announces ‘Strategic’ Partnership With Hathway And Den |
| PM Narendra Modi Dedicated National Police Memorial To The Nation in New Delhi |
| 4 Himalayan Peaks Named After Late PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Kohli Becomes Fastest to Reach 10,000 Runs in History of ODI Cricket |
| India Donated 3 lakh Dollars For Peacekeeping Initiative At UN |
| Clara Sosa Won Miss Grand International 2018 in Myanmar |
| Roger Federer Won 99th Career Title In His Hometown |
| IBM Acquired Red Hat For $34 Billion In Its Biggest Purchase |
| PM Modi Unveils World's Tallest Statue Measuring 600feet In Gujarat |
| Malala Yousafzai To Be Honoured Gleitsman Award by Harvard University |
| Anupam Kher Resigns As FTII Chairman |
| China successfully Tests 'World's Largest' Cargo Drone |
| Karnataka Unveils 'Unnati Scheme' to Help Entrepreneurs From SC/ST Communities |
| India & Uzbekistan Sign 17 Agreements & MoUs |
| Nobel Prize 2018: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Goes To William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer |
| Minister of State for Commerce Attends India–West Africa Conclave in Nigeria |
| IMF Projects India's Growth At 7.3% In 2018 and 7.4% In 2019 |
| Odisha Government Launches Own Food Security Scheme |
| Assam, 1st State To Launch Wage Compensation Scheme For Pregnant Women In Tea Gardens |
| Petroleum Minister launches SATAT Initiative |
| First Regional Conference on 'Women in Detention and Access to Justice' in Shimla |
| India And ADB Signs $110 Million Loan to Improve Rural Connectivity in MP |
| 21 IORA Countries Adopt Delhi Declaration On Renewable Energy |
| India's 1st 'Methanol Cooking Fuel Program' Launched in Assam |
| Apple Displaced Google To Become The Top Brand In The World |
| Karnataka Unveils 'Unnati Scheme' to Help Entrepreneurs From SC/ST Communities |
| Youth Olympic Games 2018: Jeremy, 1st Ever Indian Gold Medallist in YOG |
| National sports Awards 2018 announced; Mirabai Chanu, Virat Kohli to get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna |
| Amit Panghal Wins Gold In Boxing |
| Anjum, Apurvi Becomes 1st Set of Indian Shooters To Secure Quota Places For 2020 Olympics |
| ISSF World Championship: Hriday Hazarika Wins Gold in 10 m Air Rifle |
| India successfully test fires short-range Prahaar missile |
| Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to be first private passenger on SpaceX’s Lunar BFR Mission |
| ISRO launches two UK satellites aboard PSLV-C42 |
| India’s combat aircraft Tejas successfully completes first-ever mid-air refuelling trial |
| ISRO unveils space suit, crew model for Gaganyaan Mission |
| Google announces new AI technology to fight online child sexual abuse |
| China fined British drug maker firm GSK Plc 489 million US dollars for paying bribes |
| Bombay HC passed an ex-parte order restricting Park Hotel from using Candy Crush Saga image |
| Gilead gave voluntary licenses to Indian pharma companies to make genetic version of Sofosbuvir |
| Alibaba founder Jack Ma to step down in 2019, company CEO named his successor |
| PM Jan Dhan Yojana To Be Open-Ended Scheme With More Incentives |
| Anjum, Apurvi Becomes 1st Set of Indian Shooters To Secure Quota Places For 2020 Olympics |
| India Defeats Bangladesh To Win 7th Asia Cup Title |
| High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis At 73rd Session Of UNGA Held In New York |
| Triple Jumper Arpinder Singh, 1st Indian To Win Medal In IAAF Continental Cup |
| India And France Signed Implementation Agreement on 'Mobilise Your City' |
| Ayushman Bharat Call Centre Inaugurated In Bengaluru |
| 87th Izmir International Tradeshow Begins in Turkey |
| Indian Boxer Mary Kom Signed As Brand Ambassador By BSNL |
| Arif Alvi Elected Pakistan's New President |
| Indo-Kazakhstan Joint Exercise 'KAZIND 2018' To Be Held in Kazakhstan |
| Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Receives Meryl Streep Award for Excellence |
| Cisco Signs Agreements With NITI Aayog and BSNL |
| ISRO Technology Incubation Centre Inaugurated at NIT Agartala |
| Varun Dhawan, Anushka Sharma Signed As Ambassadors of Skill India Campaign |
| Cabinet Approves Ordinance Making Triple Talaq A Punishable Offence |
| India’s 1st ‘Smart Fence’ Pilot Project Inaugurated By Rajnath Singh |
| Indigenously Developed Weapon System ‘MPATGM’ Successfully Flight Tested |
| Country’s 1st Tribal Tourism Circuit Launched in Chhattisgarh |
| World Bank Approves Country Partnership Framework for India |
| DRDO Successfully Flight Tested Tactical Missile ‘Prahar’ |
| Health Ministry Partners With Dell And Tata Trusts |
| BRICS Bank Approves $525-mn Loan For Infra Projects In MP |
| Croatia's Luka Modric Won FIFA's Best Player Of The Year Award |
| Nepal to become world's first country to double its tiger population |
| Dr. Harsh Vardhan Inaugurated Air Pollution Control Device ''WAYU'' in Delhi |
| Ravi Shankar Prasad Launched Centre of Excellence for Data Analytics and DigiVaarta |
| Japan Landed Rovers On Asteroid In Historic Mission |
| 8th Asian Yoga Sports Championship Begins In Thiruvananthapuram |
| India Defeats Bangladesh To Win 7th Asia Cup Title |
| Mughalsarai Junction has been renamed to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction railway station in Azamgarh |
| ISRO has announced to launch its heaviest satellite GSAT-11. It is scheduled for 30th November 2018 |
| To facilitate transactions from cards to QR code based payments, a machine called MOPAD launched by State Bank Of India |
| HDFC Bank awarded as the best performing bank in CLSS schemes |
| Reliance Jio partnered for digital services with State Bank Of India |
| Japan becomes World's 2nd biggest stock market according to new reports |
| Ram Sewak Sharma has been reappointed as the chairman of TRAI |
| Rohit Kumar Paudel became the 4th youngest debutant in men's ODI Cricket. |
| Indian Government recently launched eAksharayan Software in 7 languages. |
| Gaganjeet Bhullar won the 2018 Fiji International Golf title in August 2018 |
| S. Gurumurthy and Satish Kashinath Marathe became the part time non-official directors on the central board of RBI. |
| Smriti Mandhana became the 2nd Indian cricketer to smash a hundred in women's T20 cricket |
| The Latest version of the Android operating system 'Pie' was launched by Google |
| Popular Film of the Year' category will be introduced at the 91st Oscars this year |
| Apple became the 1st US company to reach $1 trillion market value in the world |
| The state of Kerala is the 1st state in India to make Yoga mandatory for all Colleges and Universities |
| ICC Rankings for the Best Test Batsmen was awarded to the Indian Captain Virat Kohli |
| Rashida Tlaib became the 1st Muslim woman to be elected to the parliament of United States |
| The state of Manipur constitutes two committees to deal with a possible influx of illegal immigrants in the state |
| A group of Chinese researchers created the World's first single-chromosome yeast in their labs this month. |
| Maharashtra State government has announced a special assistance of Rs 500 crore for OBC community to help them develop employment opportunities for the youth |
| Gita Mittal was appointed as new Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir high court this month. |
| World's first-ever thermal battery plant was unveiled in Andhra Pradesh, India in the first week of August |
| Former President of the country, Chile was named as New Chief of UN Human Rights Council |
| IKEA, the famous Swedish home furnishing chain of stores came to India and opened its 1st store in Hyderbad |
| Harivansh Singh was elected as the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha in August |
| Rashmi, is the name of the World's 1st Hindi-Speaking Robot! |
| PayPal joint hands with HDFC Bank to offer safer, faster and convenient payment experiences for the bank's cardholders |
| Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation have signed an MoU with BSNL for extending benefits in customer services. |
| HSBC launched a new digital platform 'MyDeal' to raise funds via Capital Markets |
| China is the country to successfully tests its first hypersonic aircraft: XingKong-2 |
| Former Cricketer of Pakistan 'Imran Khan' took an oath as the Pakistan Prime Minister on August 18, 2018. |
| The 22nd edition of 'Parampara series - National Festival of Music and Dance' festival 2018 was held in New Delhi,India. |
| One of the most reputed football competitions, 22nd Cotif Cup football tournament 2018, won by Team India. |
| Karman Kaur Thandi became the 6th Indian woman to enter the top 200 Tennis rankings in Singles Tennis. |
| Akshay Venkatesh was bestowed with the prestigious 2018 Fields medal for Mathematics in August 2018. |
| Union Ministry of Earth Science unveiled a blueprint of Deep Ocean Mission to explore the deep ocean. |
| Lewis Hamilton won the 6th Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix this month. |
| One District One Product' Summit inaugurated by the President of India, Mr. Shri Ram Nath Kovind |
| India obtained the 96th rank at the United Nations E-Government Index recently. |
| The rank of Indian men's hockey team in the latest FIH latest ranking 2018 was 5th! |
| The State of Telangana is going to setup a state of the art "B-Hub" for Biotech and Bio-Pharma sector |
| The renowned vocalist, Aruna Sairam was chosen for the 2018 Sangita Kalanidhi Award by the Music Academy, Madras. |
| The biennial multi-national large force employment warfare exercise, Pitch Black was conducted by the Royal Australian Air Force from 24 Jul 18 to 18 Aug 18 in which the Indian Air Force was participating for the first time. |
| Pakistan cricket player, Fakhar Zaman, became the quickest in history to score 1000 runs (in 18 matches) in one-day internationals breaking the record of Vivian Richards who scored it 21 matches. |
| The Australian captain, Aaron Finch broke his own record of the highest individual score of 158 runs in T20i by scoring 172 runs against Zimbabwe. |
| Indian PM Shri Narendra Modi has launched countrywide emergency ambulance services in Sri Lanka with grant assistance from India. |
| The former Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral JG Nadkarni passed away on 02 July 2018. |
| The Australian Hockey Team won the Hockey Champions Trophy 2018 by defeating India in the finals in Breda, Netherlands. |
| Harry Kane was the Top Scorer, Luka Modric was the Best Player, Kylian Mbappe was the Best Young Player and Thibaut Courtois was the Best Goalkeeper at the FIFA Wold Cup 2018 |
| The place in Uttar Pradesh where the world's largest mobile phone factory was jointly inaugurated in Noida by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean President Moon Jae-in |
| The new headquarters building of Archaeological Survey of India, Dharohar Bhavan was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently. |
| Turkey have lifted its state of emergency 2 years after it was imposed following a failed coup attempt |
| Sunil Chhetri was awarded with The Player Of The Year Trophy in AIFF Player Of The Year Awards in July 2018 |
| Ease Of Doing Business Rankings 2018 were released by World Bank in July 2018. Andhra Pradesh, Telengana and Haryana topped the list. |
| The Indian language, Gujarati is the language in which BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) has launched its first television bulletin in India. |
| The FIFA World Cup 2018 was held in Russia with 32 qualifying teams. France,for the 2nd time, won the World Cup by beating Croatia 4-2 |
| Haryana State launched a programme named Paudhagiri aimed at increasing its green cover in July 2018 |
| Vancouver, Canada was where 17th World Sanskrit Conference held from 09 to 13 July 2018 (inaugurated by Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar). |
| China has launched 2 remote sensing satellites for Pakistan named PRSS-1 and PakTES-1A from its Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. |
| The three former cricketers, Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting and Claire Taylor were inducted in the ICC Hall of Fame in July 2018. |
| GST Rates were revised for many items. Items like rakhis, sanitary napkins, marble etc were revised to 0% GST rates. |
| Nozomi Okuhara (Japanese badminton player) defeated Indian shuttler PV Sindhu to win the Thailand Open Women's Singles title. |
| Indian Kabaddi Team won the 2018 Dubai Kabaddi Masters' title by defeating Iran in the finals. |
| The new 100 Rupee Note was announced by the Govt. during July 2018. The Note is Lavender in colour with the Motif of Rani KI Vav |
| National Doctors Day was celebrated on 1st July 2018 across the globe. |
| GDP of the Top 10 countries in 2017 was announced by the World Bank. USA, China and Japan were on the top of the list and India was ranked 6th. |
| The 3rd BRICs Film Festival was held in Durban South Africa this July. Newton won the Best Picture Award at the event |
| Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh is where UNESCO is setting up Design University for Gaming in collaboration with Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board |
| The 59th International Mathematical Olympiad held in Cluj Napoca, Romania from July 4 to 14 at which India won 3 silver and 2 bronze medals. |
| Wimbeldon 2018 were held in July of this year. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) won the Men's Singles Cup and Angelique Kerber (Germany) won the Women's Singles Cup |
| The Indian cricketer, Mithali Raj became the first from the country to cross 2000 runs in Twenty20 Internationals (while playing against Sri Lanka in Asia Cup 2018) |
| Gandhinagar,Gujarat was where the world's first International Centre for Humanitarian Forensics was launched jointly by International Committee of Red Cross and Gujarat Forensic Science University. |
| The world's largest multilateral naval exercise, RIMPAC involving 26 countries (including India) was conducted in the western Pacific Ocean. |
| Jharkhand State has decided to completely prohibit polythene from 31 July 2018. |
| The import of Oxytocin has been banned by the Govt of India wef 01 July 2018. |
| The prominent jurist and politician, Giuseppe Conte was appointed the new Prime Minister of Italy in June 2018 |
| The United States territory in the Pacific Ocean in which the joint naval exercise Malabar 2018 by the Navies of India, US and Japan was scheduled to be held in June 2018 |
| Pallavi Durua from Koraput district of Odisha was crowned the first Tribal Queen of India in a beauty pageant titled Adi Rani 2018 in Bhubaneshwar. |
| The 19th IIFA Awards were announced on 24th June 2018 in Bangkok. Tumhari Sulu won the Best Picture, Irrfan Khan (For Hindi Medium) won the Best Actor Award and Late Sridevi (For Mom) won the Best Actress Award. |
| Norman is the name of the psycopath artificial intelligence (AI) developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) based on a community on Reddit. |
| The Bangladesh Cricket team won their maiden Women's Asia Cup T20 tournament defeating India in the finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| The England Cricket Team set a new record of the highest ODI score by scoring 481 for 6 against Australia at Nottingham. |
| The island on which India and Seychelles have agreed to jointly develop a naval base is known as Assumption Island. |
| Aditya Birla Retail signed a pact to sell retail chain 'More' to Samara Capital for Rs 4,300 cr |
| The countries, Mexico, Canada and USA won the bid to hold the 2026 FIFA World Cup jointly. |
| The Nistar Operation was launched by the Indian Navy to evacuate 38 Indian nationals stranded on the Yemeni island of Socotra in the aftermath of cyclone Mekenu. |
| Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar is the venue of the 106th Indian Science Congress to be held from 03 Jan to 07 Jan 2019 with the theme 'Future India: Science and Technology'. |
| The oldest centre of Yoga, Yoga Institute, Mumbai was established by Shri Yogendra has been awarded the Prime Minister's Award for outstanding contribution for promotion and development of Yoga for the year 2018 in the Organisation category. |
| The venue of the 3rd annual meeting of Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank held from 25 to 26 June 2018 was Mumbai. |
| World Environment Day was celebrated on 05 June 2018. |
| The Government decided to celebrate July 1 as 'GST Day'. |
| World Blood Donor Day was celebrated on 14 June 2018 |
| The railway station in Uttar Pradesh, Mughalsarai was renamed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar Junction. |
| Tajikistan was decided as the venue of high-level Conference on “International Decade for Action: Water for Sustainable Development, 2018-2028” from 20 to 21 June 2018. |
| The crowdsourcing app, Neighbourly was launched by Google to help people find local answers in their neighborhood. |
| French Open 2018 was conducted in June of this year. Rafael Nadal(Spain) bagged the Men's Singles title and Simona Halep(Romania) bagged the Women's Singles title. |
| The mobile app, ReUnite was launched by Shri Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, to track and trace missing and abandoned children in India. |
| The mobile app, Rail Madad was launched by Ministry of Railways to expedite and streamline passenger grievance redressal. |
| The Indian cricketer, Mithali Raj became the first from the country to cross 2000 runs in Twenty20 Internationals (while playing against Sri Lanka in Asia Cup 2018) |
| Gandhinagar,Gujarat was where the world's first International Centre for Humanitarian Forensics was launched jointly by International Committee of Red Cross and Gujarat Forensic Science University. |
| The world's largest multilateral naval exercise, RIMPAC involving 26 countries (including India) was conducted in the western Pacific Ocean. |
| Jharkhand State has decided to completely prohibit polythene from 31 July 2018. |
| The import of Oxytocin has been banned by the Govt of India wef 01 July 2018. |
| The prominent jurist and politician, Giuseppe Conte was appointed the new Prime Minister of Italy in June 2018 |
| The United States territory in the Pacific Ocean in which the joint naval exercise Malabar 2018 by the Navies of India, US and Japan was scheduled to be held in June 2018 |
| Pallavi Durua from Koraput district of Odisha was crowned the first Tribal Queen of India in a beauty pageant titled Adi Rani 2018 in Bhubaneshwar. |
| The 19th IIFA Awards were announced on 24th June 2018 in Bangkok. Tumhari Sulu won the Best Picture, Irrfan Khan (For Hindi Medium) won the Best Actor Award and Late Sridevi (For Mom) won the Best Actress Award. |
| Norman is the name of the psycopath artificial intelligence (AI) developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) based on a community on Reddit. |
| The Bangladesh Cricket team won their maiden Women's Asia Cup T20 tournament defeating India in the finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| The England Cricket Team set a new record of the highest ODI score by scoring 481 for 6 against Australia at Nottingham. |
| The island on which India and Seychelles have agreed to jointly develop a naval base is known as Assumption Island. |
| Aditya Birla Retail signed a pact to sell retail chain 'More' to Samara Capital for Rs 4,300 cr |
| The countries, Mexico, Canada and USA won the bid to hold the 2026 FIFA World Cup jointly. |
| The Nistar Operation was launched by the Indian Navy to evacuate 38 Indian nationals stranded on the Yemeni island of Socotra in the aftermath of cyclone Mekenu. |
| Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar is the venue of the 106th Indian Science Congress to be held from 03 Jan to 07 Jan 2019 with the theme 'Future India: Science and Technology'. |
| The oldest centre of Yoga, Yoga Institute, Mumbai was established by Shri Yogendra has been awarded the Prime Minister's Award for outstanding contribution for promotion and development of Yoga for the year 2018 in the Organisation category. |
| The venue of the 3rd annual meeting of Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank held from 25 to 26 June 2018 was Mumbai. |
| World Environment Day was celebrated on 05 June 2018. |
| The Government decided to celebrate July 1 as 'GST Day'. |
| World Blood Donor Day was celebrated on 14 June 2018 |
| The railway station in Uttar Pradesh, Mughalsarai was renamed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar Junction. |
| Tajikistan was decided as the venue of high-level Conference on “International Decade for Action: Water for Sustainable Development, 2018-2028” from 20 to 21 June 2018. |
| The crowdsourcing app, Neighbourly was launched by Google to help people find local answers in their neighborhood. |
| French Open 2018 was conducted in June of this year. Rafael Nadal(Spain) bagged the Men's Singles title and Simona Halep(Romania) bagged the Women's Singles title. |
| The mobile app, ReUnite was launched by Shri Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, to track and trace missing and abandoned children in India. |
| The mobile app, Rail Madad was launched by Ministry of Railways to expedite and streamline passenger grievance redressal. |
| Setting up of India's first central sports university has been approved by the Union Cabinet in Manipur |
| Sridevi was the former actress who was conferred with the BRICS Business Forum Leadership Award for lifetime achievement in Indian cinema. |
| Pithoragarh, is the place in Uttarakhand where India and Nepal are conducting 13th edition of joint military exercise Surya Kiran XIII |
| Olga Tokarczuk was the Polish writer who was awarded the 2018 Man Booker International Prize for her book 'Flights' |
| The intellectual property mascot, IP Nani, was launched by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to create awareness about intellectual property crimes. |
| The integrated Scheme for school education, SamagraShiksha is extending support to States from pre-school to senior secondary levels launched by the Central Govt for the first time in New Delhi |
| The South African cricketer and former Captain, AB de Villiers has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket with immediate effect. |
| The commonly used acronym AYUSH has been adopted by the Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology to mean "Traditional and non-conventional system of health care and healing which include Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeoeopathy. |
| Muhammad Yunus is The Nobel laureate from Bangladesh who was awarded the 11th Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences Humanatarian Award 2018 |
| Asha Bhosle is the veteran singer who was awarded the PC Chandra Puraskar by PC Chandra Jewellers |
| Japan has won the Uber Cup badminton tournament (women's) for the first time after 1981 defeating Thailand in the finals. |
| Harimau Shakti 2018 is the first ever joint military exercise by the armies of India and Malaysia conducted at Wardieburn Camp in Setapak, Malaysia |
| Balkavi Bairagi, the noted poet, lyricist and former Rajya Sabha MP passed away on 13 May 2018. |
| Nasir ul Mulk, the former Chief Justice of Pakistan, has been named the interim Prime Minister until the general elections in July 2018 |
| South Korea has won the 5th Champions Trophy (Women) hockey tournament defeating India in the finals at Donghae city (South Korea) |
| The noted media personality and entrepreneur, Sushant Singh Rajput with whom NITI Aayog has signed a Statement of Intent to collaborate and support Women Entrepreneurship Platform |
| Mahathir Mohammad, he former Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 was re-elected to be its seventh Prime Minister (thus becoming the oldest Prime Minister in the world) |
| The 65th National Film award winners were decided in the last week of April and will be declared on 3rd May 2018 |
| Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone for NTPC's Patratu Super Thermal Power Project in Jharkhand |
| Sunil Nariane was the Most Valuable Player, Kane Williamson was the leading run scorer and Andrew Tye was the leading wicket taker in IPL 2018. |
| Guwahati Railway Station in Assam has become the first in the country to run on solar power |
| The former Australian cricketer, Justin Langer has been appointed the coach of Australian cricket team in place of Darren Lehmann, who resigned following the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa. |
| The web portal and app launched by the Ministry of Power, 'Praapti' aims at bringing transparency in power sector of India |
| Russia's first floating nuclear power plant, Akademik Lomonosov, developed by Rosatom made its maiden voyage in the Arctic Ocean |
| The Investment cap for senior citizens under the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandan Yojana (PMVVY) was increased from Rs. 7.5 lakhs to – 15 lakhs |
| World No Tobacco Day was celebrated on 31 May 2018 |
| DadaSaheb Palke Foundation Awards 2018 were given out to Akshay Kumar(Best Actor), Bhumi Padnekar(Best Actress), Armaan Malik(Best Male Singer) and many more |
| Chennai Super Kings beat Sunrisers Hyderabad to become the Ipl 2018 Winners. |
| Deoghar, Jharkhand is where setting up of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences has been approved by the Union Cabinet |
| Gujrati Poet, Sitanshu Yashaschandra has been chosen to get the 2017 Saraswati Samman by KK Birla Foundation |
| Kidambi Srikanth, was ranked the No. 1 position by the World Badminton Federation (becoming the second Indian after Saina Nehwal) |
| Egyptian Press Photographer, Mahmoud Abu Zeid, has been chosen for the UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize 2018 |
| Vinod Khanna, the Veteran Bollywood actor (passed away on 27 Apr 17) has been conferred with the 49th Dadasaheb Phalke Award posthumously |
| Icarus is the name given to the most distant star discovered by NASA at a distance of nine billion light years |
| The largest ever country wide war exercise was conducted by the Indian Air Force from 08 to 22 Apr2018 was named The Gagan Shakti |
| Leander Paes is the Indian tennis player who has become the most successful doubles player in the history of Davis Cup (he recorded his 43rd win with Rohan Bopanna against China) in April |
| Dalmia Bharat has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ministry of Tourism to adopt Gandikota Fort and Red Fort for a time period of 5 years at a cost of Rs. 25 crores |
| The Anti-Piracy activity conducted by the Coast Guards of South Korea and India off Chennai coast was named SAHYOG-HYEOBLYEOG 2018 |
| The former Managing Director of Intel South Asia,Ms Debjani Ghosh, was appointed the new President of NASSCOM. She became the first woman President of NASSCOM. |
| World Health Day was celebrated on 7 April 2018 |
| Rishad Premji, the former board member of Wipro Ltd was appointed the Chairman of NASSCOM for the year 2018-19 |
| Shooting has been excluded from the Commonwealth Games of 2022 to be held in Birmingham |
| Walmiki and Malhar are the two endangered languages spoken in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha discovered by University of Hyderabad linguist Panchanan Mohanty |
| Kerala's state team won the 2017-18 Santosh Trophy by defeating Bengal State team in the finals at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata. |
| Indu Malhotra, is The Supreme Court counsel who has become the first female lawyer to be elevated directly as a Supreme Court judge |
| Saudi Arabia has opened its first cinema after a gap of 35 years on April 18, 2018 |
| Bijapur,Chhattisgarh is where PM Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated a Health and Wellness Centre, to mark the launch of the Union Government’s Health Assurance Programme – Ayushman Bharat |
| The State of Maharashtra has decided to provide free chemotherapy to cancer patients from June 2018 in 10 districts in the first phase |
| Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu is where India's first insect museum was inaugurated by its Chief Minister EK Palaniswami |
| TCS is the first Indian company to achieve 100 billion dollar market capitalisation |
| The mobile app launched by the Minister of Coal Shri Piyush Goyal for coal quality monitoring is named UTTAM (Unlocking Transparency by Third Party Assessment of Mined Coal) |
| International Mother Earth Day was celebrated on 22 April 2018 |
| During the Commenwealth Games, India won 66 Medals (26 Gold, 20 Silver and 20 Bronze) |
| Rupashree is the scheme introduced by the state of West Bengal for providing marriage assistance to girls from economically weaker families |
| Delhi has become the first in India to start selling BS-VI fuel (at present the cleanest fuel in the world) |
| Air Chief Marshall (Retd.) I.H. Latif, The former Chief of Air Staff, Governor of Maharashtra and Ambassador to France passed away on 30 April 2018 |
