By: D.K. Choudhary
India Achieves 4th rank in Global Wind Power Installed Capacity Index

ii.The Government is aiming to increase the share of clean energy through massive development and deployment of new and renewable energy in India to meet Energy security, Electricity shortages, Energy access and Climate change among others.
India and Kyrgyzstan signed 6 agreements to boost bilateral cooperation

ii.The agreements were signed in New Delhi during the State visit of Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambaye.
Agreements:
Agreements:
1. MoU on cooperation in the field of Tourism
2. Agreement on cooperation in the field of Agriculture and Food Industry
3. MoU on cooperation in the field of Youth development: The agreement was signed between the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and the state agency of Youth Affairs, Physical Education and Sports of Kyrgyzstan.
4. MoU on cooperation between Foreign Service Institute, MEA, New Delhi and Diplomatic Academy of MOFA of Kyrgyzstan.
5. MoU in the field of cooperation in youth exchange between NCC of India and Military Lyceum of Kyrgyz Republic.
6. MoU on cooperation in the field of Broadcasting and exchange of audiovisual programmes: The MoU was signed between Prasar Bharati of India and Public Broadcast Corporation of Kyrgyzstan.
9th World Confluence of Humanity, Power and Spirituality held in Delhi

ii.The Confluence was inaugurated in the presence of Hon’ble President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee, ASSOCHAM President Mr. Sunil Kanoria and Srei Foundation Chairman Dr. Hari Prasad Kanoria.
India Signs Open Skies Agreement with Six Countries at ICAN 2016
ii.Open Skies agreement allows unlimited number of flights to six metro airports namely Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Chennai, was signed with six countries namely Jamaica, Guyana, Czech Republic, Finland, Spain and Sri Lanka.
Govt announces Rs 207 crore project for protection of Majuli island

ii. Largest river island of the world, Majuli district, covers an area of around 340 miles. Nearly 1 lakh 60 thousand people reside at the Majuli river island which is one of the prime tourist’s destinations of North East.
Chhattisgarh CM dedicates country’s first cashless bazaar to people in Raipur
ii. This ‘Smart’ bazaar consist of nearly Over 900 shops which are providing the facilities of cashless payments using POS, UPI and other digital systems to its customers.
iii. Chhattisgarh is currently leading in the nation in training its people in digital transactions.
Madras High Court Bans Sharia Courts Functioning in Tamil Nadu.
India gets most FDI from Singapore
Tamil poet-saint Thiruvalluvar Statue gets Place at Haridwar’s Mela Bhawan

Huge ‘dead zone’ discovered in Bay of Bengal
Corporation Bank bags award

ii. It said that the bank was also awarded the order of merit under other three categories. CK Gopal, General Manager of the bank, received the award in the presence of Nilesh Sathe, Member of IRDAI, and Sameer Kochhar, Chairman of SKOCH Foundation, in New Delhi recently.
Ukraine Nationalized Nations Largest Private Bank ‘PrivateBank’

ii.It was running out of money because of the recession in Ukraine and questionable loans, the central bank said 97 percent of its corporate loans had been made to companies linked to its shareholders.
Healthy Ministry wins gold in the Web Ratna Category
ii.Jitendra Arora, Director, e-Governance, at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare received the award from the Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology and Law & Justice, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Deepak Agarwal appointed Noida CEO Authority

ii.Deepak Agarwal will replace P K Agarwal, who was officiating as the CEO of Noida Authority.
China commissions its 1st 7-tonne civil helicopter
ii. AC352 civil helicopter can be used for operations like search and rescue and law enforcement, marking a new advancement in its aviation industry.
Flock launches world’s first chat operating system

ii. Flockos Developers can build apps by using Flock OS that provided a tightly integrated experience by using widgets. This OS provides setup slash commands, providing an additional option for users to interact with the app.
India’s boxing fed gets permanent membership in world body
ii.India was provisionally suspended in December 2012 for “possible manipulation” in the erstwhile Indian Amateur Boxing Federation’s elections. AIBA’s chief also congratulated the BFI for organising and conducting the Nationals.
Veteran Malayalam Actor Jagannatha Varma Passes Away at 77.

ii.The 77-year-old had acted in close to 200 films and two dozen TV serials in a career spanning close to four decades.