Helped by robust performance of coal, natural gas and electricity, the eight core sectors recorded a five-month high growth rate of 4.9 per cent in August. The infrastructure growth was 2.6 percent in the previous month of July. The core sector growth in August is the highest since March, when it grew by 5.2 percent.

Indian academician Prajapati Trivedi has been elected as a fellow of the prestigious National Academy of Public Administration in the US, becoming the first Indian to be bestowed with this honour. Trivedi is currently Senior Fellow (Governance) and Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Indian School of Business (ISB). Prior to joining ISB from 2009-2014, he worked as a Secretary to the Government of India in the Cabinet Secretariat.

The main CWG Baton Relay event will be held on October 8 at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here. The Gold Coast 2018 QBR is set to be the longest in Commonwealth Games history. Covering 230,000km over 388 days, the Baton will make its way through the six Commonwealth regions of Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and Oceania.

Punjab has sought Rs 2,000 crore from the central government for farmers so that they can remove paddy straw without burning it to check pollution and soil damage.

India is expected to retain it position as the top remittances receiving country, with its diaspora set to pump in a whopping USD 65 billion in the year 2017.

Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2017.

Global Entrepreneurship Summit, will held in November 2017, at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre.

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been adjudged as the best department for its contribution during Swachhta Pakhwada.