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1. ISRO created history by successfully launching its heaviest and most powerful rocket GSLV-MkIII D1 carrying the modern communications satellite GSAT-19.
2. India signed a USD 39.2 million (over Rs 251 crore) loan agreement with the World Bank for the Citizen Centric Service Delivery project in Assam.
3. Indian tennis player Ramkumar Ramanathan defeated Raymond Sarmiento of USA to win ITF men’s Futures tennis title.
4. According to the 2017 Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), India has surpassed China to secure the top position among 30 developing countries on ease of doing business.
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5. Actress Dia Mirza has been appointed brand ambassador for the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI).
6. Electronics Company Zebronics has roped in Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan as its brand ambassador.
7. Government of India, through the Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) under the Ministry of Power, would be retrofitting 10 lakh conventional street lights with LED lights in Gram Panchayats of 7 districts in Andhra Pradesh. This is the first project for rural LED street lighting in the country under the Government of India’s Street Lighting National Project (SLNP).
8. Leading auto maker Tata Motors announced the appointment of Satish Borwankar as the new chief operating officer (COO) of the company.
9. American actor Roger Smith died. He was 84.
10. Bharti Airtel has got approval for the merger of Telenor India with the company by Competition Commission of India (CCI).
