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| Sarkari Naukri |
1. India became the 71st country to ratify the United Nations TIR Convention.
2. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani inaugurated the first Afghanistan-India air corridor during a ceremony at the Kabul International Airport – a direct route that bypasses Pakistan.
3. Shashi Shanker will be the next Chairman and Managing Director of India’s biggest oil and gas producer, ONGC.
4. The US and Nepal began a special operations training exercise ‘Balance Nail 17-3’ during which forces of the two countries will train together to prepare for, mitigate, and respond to humanitarian assistance and disaster response emergencies in rural, mountainous areas.
5. Tata Group and American aerospace Company Lockheed Martin signed a deal to jointly produce the combat-proven F-16 fighter jets in India.
6. Private Jet Company SpiceJet signed an initial pact with the US aircraft maker Boeing Co for 40 737 MAX planes.
7. Three Indians, including skipper Virat Kohli, were named in the ICC Team of the Champions Trophy 2017 and Pakistan’s Sarfraz Ahmed has been named its captain.
8. Two IPL team owners — GMR and Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan have bought franchises in the Cricket South Africa (CSA)s eight-team T20 Global League.
9. Pakistan jumped two places to sixth in the ICC ODI team rankings following their title triumph at the Champions Trophy while the finalists India remained at number three.
10. Minister for Science & Technology Dr. Harshvardhan has launched a Mobile App named ‘Celebrating Yoga’ in New Delhi.
