- The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, in collaboration with other Central Ministries and State Governments is organizing a “Paryatan Parv” across the country from the 5th to 25th October 2017.
- English writer Kazuo Ishiguro has been awarded the Nobel Literature Prize for 2017
- PC Narayan, faculty from the Finance and Accounting at IIM Bangalore has been selected for the ‘Teaching Innovator Award-2016’ by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development.
- Development of a Turtle sanctuary in Allahabad along with a River Biodiversity Park at Sangam has been approved under Namami Gange programme.
- The 20th edition of Asia Masters Athletics Championship was held in Rugao, China. India bagged 146 medals and stood second in the medal tally.
