According to recently released study, global wildlife populations have fallen by 58% since 1970 and if the trend continues then two-thirds of wild animals may go extinct by 2020.

The Union Cabinet has approved a new agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit between India and Bhutan.

Two Yazidi women Nadia Murad Basee and Lamiya Aji Bashar have been selected for European Union̢۪s prestigious Sakharov Prize for Human Rights for year 2016.

• Union Cabinet approves establishment of National Academic Depository
• Union Cabinet gives approval to IISER, Berhampur in Odisha
• One-man judicial Committee on OROP submits report to Defence Minister

The one-man judicial committee on One Rank One Pension (OROP) set up by the Union Government, has submitted its report to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.

The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval to formation of the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) at Berhampur in Odisha.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has permitted startups to raise external commercial borrowings (ECBs) of up to $3 million in a financial year for three year tenure.

The Union Cabinet approved establishment and operationalisation of a National Academic Depository (NAD).

• India ranks 87th on the WEF’s Global Gender Gap Report 2016
• Life expectancy highest in Jammu and Kashmir: RGI Data
• India ranks 130th in 2017 Ease of Doing Business index

India has been ranked 87th out of 144 countries on the World Economic Forum̢۪s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2016. India has climbed 21 spots from 108th position in 2015.

The fourth edition of the India-Sri Lanka Joint Military Exercise ‘MITRA SHAKTI 2016’ began at Sinha Regimental Centre in Ambepussa, Sri Lanka.

India has been placed at 130th position among the 190 countries in the recently released World Bank̢۪s ease of doing business index for the year 2017.