Modi, Swiss President hold talks on bilateral issues and
signed two pacts for cooperation in the railway sector.
Prime minister $87 River- linking plan set to take off.
This involve construction of a dam on the ken river, also known as Karnavati,
in north-central India and a 22-km (14 mile) canal connecting it to shallow
Betwa
PM Modi carries out the Partial Reshuffle of his council of
Ministers
4 union ministers with ‘Proven
Track Record’ Elevated to cabinet rank
•
Dharmendra Pradhan – Minister of Petroleum
and Natural gas gets charge of Ministry of skill Development and
Entrepreneurship, portfolio earlier held by Rajiv Pratap Rudy
•
Piyush Goyal – He with the ministry of power sector
also get railway
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Nirmala Sitharaman – She became ministry of
defence
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Mulhtar Abbas Naqvi – Ministry of minority
affairs
India and Mynamar Sign 11 Agreements in a range of
sectors including one on maritime security cooperation, to further strengthen
their multifaceted partnership.
Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman on September 10, 2017
flagged Navy’s ‘Navika Sagar Parikrima’ the first ever Indian Circumnavigation
of the globe by an all women crew.
India agreed to provide more assistances to Afghan
defence forces and signed four pacts
Prime minister Narendra Modi and Japan’s prime minister
Shinzo Abe on September 14, 2017 laid the foundations of India’s first high
speed rail project, linking the country’s commercial capital Mumbai to
Ahmedabad.
UAE on September announced a relaxation in visa rules for
Indians.
US Backs India’s Opposition to China’s One Belt, One Road
Plan
Bangladesh on October 4, 2017 signed a $ 4.-5 billion
loan deal with India for developing its infrastructure, health and education.
The 14th annual summit of India and The
European Union (EU) held on October 6,2017. India was represented by our PM
Modi and EU was represented by Mr. Donald Tusk, president of the European
council and Mr. Jean Calunde, President of the European Commission.
India on October 9, 2017 signed an extradition treaty
with Lithuania following meeting between External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj and her Lithuanian counterpart Linus Linkevicius in New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet with CEOs of Global and
Indian oil company to revive the investment in oil and gas exploration and
production
India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitely visited the USA in
the first/second week on October 2017.
Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman on October 16 2017
commissioned the indigenous-built anti-submarine warfare stealth corvette INS
Kiltan in Visakhapatnam .
Afghan president Ashraf Ghani Visits India in the last
week of October 2017.
The Inter-state Council, which is formed to investigate
and advice on disputes between states, has been reconstituted with prime
minister as its chairman and six union minister (‘Rajnath Singh’, ‘Sushma
Swaraj’,’Arun Jaitley’,’Nitin Gadkari’,’Thaavar Chand Gehlot’ and Nirmala
Sitharaman).
India on November 7, 2017 successfully flight-tested its
indigenous ‘Nirbhay’ land-attack cruise missile, which is able to deliver
nuclear warheads to a strike range of 1000km after a string of failures since
march 2013.
Bangladesh to restore 12 railway lines with India
Belgium’s King Phillipe and Queen Mathilde were on
seven-day visit to India in the second week of November 2017.
New Passenger train services between Kolkata and
Bangladesh’s southwestern industrial city of Khulna was on November 9, 2017
flagged off by Prime minister Narendra Modi, Bangladesh Prime minister Sheik
Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
PM Narendra Modi was on tour of Philippines on November
12-14 to attend India-Asean and East Asia Summit
India’s Nominee Dalveer Bhandari Re-elected to
International Court of Justice on November 21, 2017
Fifth Edition of Global conference on cyber space was
held in New Delhi on November 23-24, 2017.
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