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• Ratan P.Watan principal Adviser of NITI Aayog inaugurated the first Global Initiative on Academic Network (GIAN) course on sustainable urban planning using remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur’s outreach centre at Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

• Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Union Minister for Minority affairs announced that, the government has withdrawn the subsidy given for Haj Pilgrims. This more has been made in line with the Government’s idea to empower Minorities with Dignity.

• The Government lowered the additional borrowing requirement for the current fiscal year to Rs.20,000 crore from the previously estimated Rs.50,000 crore.

• The centre sanctioned projects over 10,000 crore rupees in the North East for better network connectivity. Two MOUs have been signed to cover the uncovered areas in the North East including Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

• Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu announced an exclusive industrial development scheme to expand and promote business activities in State.

• PM Modi inaugurated the project commencement of the Rajasthan Refinery at Pachpadra in Barmer district. The 43000 crore rupee project is a joint venture between HPCL and the Rajasthan Government

• The Indo – US Military exercise “Vajra Prahar” will be held at Joint Base Lewis MC – Chord in Seattle. 

• 8th edition of biennial ‘National Maritime search and Rescue workshop and Exercise between ships and Aircraft from the Indian and Japanese coast Guards commenced on Jan 16, 2018 in Chennai.

• Karnataka State Government will held a ‘Block chain Hackathon’ for Goverance from 19th – 21st Jan 2018 at the Koramangala Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru.

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