I. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched national Schedule Castes/Schedule Tribes hub in Ludhiana.
II. The SC/ST hub aims to facilitate technology know how to reserved categories and increasing procurement by public and government units from SC/ST industrial units from existing 0.4% to 4%.
Indian Railways wins World Railway Shooting Championship Cup
I. Indian Railways have won the World Railway Shooting Championship Cup held at Saint Mandrier,France.
II. Indian Railways team won a total 10 medals – 5 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze to bag the Overall Championship at the 15th USIC- International Shooting World Championship. The Western Railways members along with Coach Anuja Tere Jung represented Team India. The team won Gold in 50 Meter Rifle Event, defeating Germany and France.
I. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the integrated terminal building of Vadodara’s Harni Airport on 22nd October 2016.
I. Zabivaka the wolf followed in the footsteps of Naranjito the orange, Footix the football-playing rooster and Fuleco the armadillo by being named as the official mascot of the 2018 World Cup.
i. President Pranab Mukherjee has released Vice President Hamid Ansari’s book ‘Citizen and Society’ at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
I. The Centre unveiled a regional connectivity scheme, known as UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik), with flights priced at Rs.2,500 for one hour of flying time to and from regional airports.