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1.The Bengaluru International Airport, in partnership with Thumby Aviation Private Limited, will reportedly soon have India’s first helicopter-taxi service. The HeliTaxi service would ensure quick and seamless transfers to and from airports, Civil Aviation Minister Jayant Sinha said.
2. Japan’s SoftBank has invested a sum of $250 million in US-based online lender Kabbage. In 2015, Kabbage raised about $135 million at a $1 billion valuation.
3. Actor Robert Hardy, who portrayed the role of Minister of Magic ‘Cornelius Fudge’ in four of the ‘Harry Potter’ films passed away. He was 91.
4. Saina Nehwal became the first Indian badminton player to win a medal at the Olympics, after clinching the bronze medal at the London Games
5. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath announced the appointment of actor Akshay Kumar as the Brand Ambassador of Swachh Bharat Mission in the state.
6. MoS for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir approved a proposal to rename the Mughalsarai railway station in UP after Deendayal Upadhyaya. The junction, India’s fourth busiest railway station, houses Asia’s largest railway marshalling yard.
7. The Haryana government has constituted a Scheduled Castes Development Council (SCDC) under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for the implementation of plans related to this section.
8. Darshan Lal has become the first Hindu to be inducted in Pakistan’s cabinet of ministers in over 20 years. New Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has named Lal as the Interprovincial Coordination Minister.
