Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian was given on year extension in his current role, which was to end on October 16, 2017. Subramanian was appointed CEA in October 2014 for a tenure of three years.

A multi-agency exercise was conducted on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake as the final event of ‘Pralay Sahayam’ in Hyderabad. The exercise brought out the role and function of the State Emergency Operations in coordinating conduct of the joint operations.

The book titled “Touched by God: How We Won the Mexico '86 World Cup” written by Diego Armando Maradona (Author) and Daniel Arcucci was in news recently. The book is about the most remarkable—and controversial—World Cup triumph in history, from the legendary player who made it that way.

India’s largest commercial bank State Bank of India (SBI), in partnership with FTSE Russell, launched the FTSE- SBI Bond Index Series at the London Stock Exchange (LSE). This index will act as a key benchmark for Indian debt for foreign investors looking to invest in Indian debt market.

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Five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom has become the first Indian to be picked as the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) representative for the 8th IOC Athletes' Forum, which will take place in Lausanne from November 11 to 13, 2017.

Seven states in North-East India will launch ‘Mission Indradhanush,’ a flagship immunization scheme of the Government of India, in an intensified manner from October 7, 2017. Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) will focus on select urban areas and other pockets where immunization coverage has been low.

On the occasion of Haifa Day on September 23, 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi saluted the brave Indian soldiers who fought for the liberation of Haifa city in modern day Israel in 1918. In the Battle of Haifa, fought on September 23, 1918, India’s 15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade, 5th Cavalry Division and part of the Desert Mounted Corps attacked rear guard forces of the Ottoman Empire that resulted in the capture of the towns of Haifa and Acre.