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Nawaz Sharif resigns
Pakistan Supreme Court disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding public office on 28th July 2017. In a landmark judgment, a five Judge bench unanimously ruled to register a case against Sharif and ordered sending a reference against him and his family to an accountability...
PM Modi inaugurates APJ Abdul Kalam's memorial at Rameswaram
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on 27th July inaugurated the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam memorial at Rameswaram. He unveiled a statue of Dr. Kalam, and offered floral tributes at Kalam Sthal. The Prime Minister also briefly interacted with the family members of Dr. Kalam. Prime Minister...
Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar CM
Nitish Kumar resigns as Chief Minister (CM) of Bihar on 26th July 2017, ending the two-year-long political experiment that was branded as a game-changing Maha-gathbandhan or Grand Alliance which included his party, Lalu Yadav and the Congress. This evening, Mr Kumar met...
Udupi Ramachandra Rao passes away
Eminent space scientist and former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Udupi Ramachandra Rao passed away in Bengaluru on 24th July 2017 due to age related ailments. He was 85. Rao is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.
Born in Adamaru area of...
Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY)
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has formally launched the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY), or a pension scheme, for senior citizens on 21st July 2017. Speaking after the launch of PMVVY, Mr Jaitley said that settlement ratio of LIC (Life Insurance Corporation of...
Ram Nath Kovind is 14th President of India
Ram Nath Kovind was on 20th July 2017 elected as India’s 14th President. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee received an overwhelming majority of votes from the country’s lawmakers. Mr. Kovind defeated Opposition candidate and former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar,...
TR Zeliang appointed as New Nagaland chief minister
TR Zeliang was appointed the new chief minister of Nagaland by Governor PB Acharya after Chief Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu and his supporters failed to turn up in the Assembly for the floor test on 19th July 2017. Following this, the House was adjourned sine die. Nagaland...
Venkaiah Naidu declared NDA's vice-presidential candidate
Senior BJP leader and Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu will be the NDA candidate for the post of Vice President. The announcement was made by BJP President Amit Shah in New Delhi on 17th July 2017 after the Party Parliamentary Board meeting. He said, the decision was taken...
Indonesia renames part of South China Sea as "North Natuna Sea"
Indonesia has renamed part of the South China Sea as it will now refer to the northern areas of its exclusive economic zone in the sea as the "North Natuna Sea. The part of the renamed area falls in China’s “nine-dash line” waters extending hundreds of miles to the south...
IIFA Awards 2017 winners
IIFA Awards 2017 Winners: 18th edition of the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) 2017 was held in New York. Sonam Kapoor’s film Neerja won the best film award. Actor Shahid Kapoor earned the Best Actor award for his role in Udta Punjab, while Alia Bhatt...
Lilly Singh appointed UNICEF’s Global Goodwill Ambassador
UNICEF on 15th July appointed Indian-origin Canadian YouTube star Lilly Singh as its newest Global Goodwill Ambassador at a special event here. Lilly was in the capital to support UNICEF’s Youth4Change initiative, a programme for youth that brings them together to support...
Garbine Muguruza wins Wimbledon Women's Single tile 2017
Garbine Muguruza beat American tennis veteran Venus Williams 7-5, 6-0 in the women's singles final of Wimbledon on 15th July 2017. It was 23-year-old Muguruza's first Wimbledon title and second Grand Slam title -- the first was in French Open 2016. Muguruza, playing in just...
