Current affairs update for today
Deaths
- Turaga Janaki Rani, the famous writer of Tamil Nadu, died. She was generally known as Radio Akkayya.
Politics
- Sadiq, just 10 year old terminally ill boy became Police Commissioner for a day of Hyderabad.
- India became the first country in South Asia to ban on animal testing for cosmetics. Now, India became first cruelty-free cosmetics zone in South Asia.
- India signed the MoU with United Kingdom on Cultural Cooperation.
- India signed about 13 agreements with Norway. The list of agreements as under:
- Agreement on exemption of visa requirement for holders of diplomatic and official passports
- MoU to promote cultural co-operation and exchanges
- MoU on Earth System Sciences
- Three MoU signed by IIT Kanpur with NTNU, University of Oslo and NILU
- Two MoU signed by IISER, Thiruvananthapuram with SINTEF Materials and Chemistry and Institute of Energy Technology
- Three MoU signed by University of Hyderabad with University of Oslo, NTNU and University of Bergen
- Statement of Intent in Defence
- MoU to support promotion of cooperation in Scientific Research and Technology Development
- MoU on health research
- MoU between Indira Gandhi National Tribal University and University of Agder.
Appointments
- Arvind Subramanian appointed as Chief Economic Adviser.
Sports
- Pinki Rani won Gold Medal in National Boxing Championship. She is from Haryana and won Bronze Medal in Commonwealth Games 2014 held recently.
