Economy
- For foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) under the voluntary retention route (VRR), RBI has fixed the investment limit at- Rs. 54,606.55 crore.
International
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have approved the most expensive medicine ever, called – Zolgensma ($2.125 million).
National
- Indian government will merge the Central Statistical Office (CSO) and National Sample Survey Office to form - National Statistical Office (NSO).
- A project by Ministry of Human Resource Development to improve the quality and accessibility of higher education over the next five years - Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP).
- New commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) which was opened at Bangalore - NewSpace India Limited (NSIL).
Person in News
- First Indian solder who appointed as the United Nations Peacekeeping Commandant - Paratrooper Commando, Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar.
Science and Technology
- World's most powerful radio telescope - Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
General Knowledge
- The first provident fund law in India was created in - 1925.
- Capital of United States of America (USA) - Washington D.C.
- Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) – Established in: 1969; Headquarters: Bangalore.
- First satellite of ISRO - Aryabhatta (1975).
- India's Chandrayaan-1 mission - 22 October 2008.
