• Union Cabinet approves merger of Rail budget with General budget
• Union Cabinet approves advancement of the Budget presentation
• Union Government shortlist 27 Cities for Smart Cities Mission in 3rd batch

The Union Cabinet has approved the proposals of Ministry of Finance to merge of Railway budget with the General budget.

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for provision of a direct communication link through a dedicated submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) between Chennai (mainland India) and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

The Union Cabinet has given in principle approval for advancement of the date of Budget presentation from the last day of February to a suitable date.

The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has given its approval to Rs. 10000 crore Ken-Betwa river interlinking project.

Multilateral funding agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $631 million loan for building India̢۪s first coastal industrial corridor between Visakhapatnam (Vizag) and Chennai.

The Union Ministry of Urban Development has shortlisted 27 cities from 12 States in the list of third batch of Smart Cities Mission.

The 193 countries of the United Nations (UN) have signed a landmark declaration to rid the world of drug-resistant infections or Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) or superbugs.

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• 21 September: International Day of Peace
• Invasive Giant African Land Snail sighted at Goa University
• Long range surface-to-air Barak-8 missile successfully test fired

India and Israel jointly developed most advanced long range surface-to-air missile (LR-SAM) Barak-8 was successfully test fired off the Odisha coast.

India has been ranked 112th out of 159 countries in the 2016 World Economic Freedom Index (WEFI).