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1. Christopher Wray sworn in by US Attorney General Jeff Sessions as the new FBI director.
2. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave ex-post facto approval for a MoU signed by India and other BRICS nations for setting up of an agriculture research platform.
3. The Indian Army has developed a mobile app ‘Humraaz’ through which serving soldiers can track details like postings and promotions. Through this app, soldiers can also view their monthly salary slips and the Form 16 and also download them.
4. Paralympics gold medalist Devendra Jhajharia will become the first para athlete to be awarded the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna’, the country’s highest sporting honour.
5. Walmart India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of US-based Walmart Stores Inc has appointed Devendra Chawla as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
6. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has appointed a 10 member expert panel committee headed by Justice B N Srikrishna that would study various issues relating to data protection in the country and will suggest a draft data protection Bill.
7. Peter O’Neill has been reappointed as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea.
8. Veteran molecular biologist Pushpa Mittra Bhargava passed away in Hyderabad. He was 89.
9. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani was officially sworn in for a second term.
10. SEBI has set up a committee under the chairmanship of former law secretary T K Viswanathan on ‘fair market conduct’. This committee will suggest measures for improving surveillance of the markets and strengthen rules for trades.
