Maharashtra Government has launched Adi Praman, a web-based application for state̢۪s tribal population to get the caste validity certificates online.

• Union Government launches UJALA Scheme
• Madhya Pradesh High Court terms reservation in promotions in the State as unconstitutional
• SIDBI inks MoU with SAARC Development Fund

The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has inked MoU with SAARC Development Fund (SDF) for mutual cooperation and collaboration.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has termed reservation in promotions in the state as unconstitutional.

The Union Government has launched National LED programme – Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA). It was launched by Union Minister for State (IC) for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

• China develops world’s first Graphene electronic paper
• India, Papua New Guinea sign four agreements
• Swat activist Tabassum Adnan wins 2016 Nelson Mandela Award

Senior IPS officer Surender Kumar Bhagat was appointed as the Director General (DG) of Railways Protection Force (RPF).

Pakistani women’s rights activist from Swat valley Tabassum Adnan has won prestigious 2016 Nelson Mandela Graça Machel Innovation Award.

India and Papua New Guinea have signed four Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) in various sectors to boost bilateral cooperation.

Former bureaucrat and parliamentarian Nand Kishore Singh has been selected for prestigious ‘Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver’, Japan’s highest civilian award.

Gujarat Government has decided to provide 10 percent reservation for economically backward classes (EBCs) in general category.

Chinese researchers have developed world̢۪s first graphene electronic paper that will catapult the material to a new level.