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1. Eminent Malayalam author and journalist M P Veerendra Kumar has been presented the G Ramanujam award for 2016, by the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC).
2. According to Brand Finance, a valuation and strategy consultancy, IT firm Tech Mahindra has entered into the Top-20 global tech services brands list (by brand value) in 2017.
3. The GVK group-run Mumbai airport has become the world’s busiest amongst the single-runway facilities by handling 837 flights a day or one in 65 seconds on an average in fiscal 2016-17.
4. India has climbed up to 26th position in World Bank’s electricity accessibility ranking in the current year from 99th spot in 2014.
5. Quinton De Kock was named South African Cricketer of the Year at a event hosted by Cricket South Africa (CSA).
6. Rammohan Rao, former Principal Information Officer (PIO) who had served as a media adviser to four prime ministers, passed away. He was 83.
7. Krishna Kumari, a health worker in Ganjam district, has bagged the prestigious Florence Nightingale award 2017.
8. E-commerce major Amazon India has partnered with the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO) – South Zone to train merchants on selling their products online.
9. Mittan Katoch became the first police officer from the community to join the police department in Indianapolis, the capital of the US state of Indiana.
10. Former Chief Minister of Puducherry S. Ramaswamy died. He was 80.
