1. The graduation ceremony of the
officers' training held at the Parangimalai Officers' Training Academy in
Chennai was also attended by spectacular stunt performances by the officers.
2. The Ministry of Defence
announced that it has signed a contract worth Rs. 2,156 crore with the Russian
export company Rosoboronexport for the purchase of engines for T-72 artillery
guns.
3. Madhav Kaushik, President of the
Sahitya Akademi.
4. P. Vimala, who translated Nalini
Jamila's Malayalam Mori autobiography 'Ente Purush' into Tamil under the title
'Enathu Ankal', was selected as the best Tamil translation book.
5. Sindhi translation of Sudha
Murthy's Hindi novel 'Dolar Bahu' (Shoba Lalchandani), Malayalam Mori
translation of S.L. Bhayrappa's Kannada novel 'Yana' (K.V. Kumaran), English
translation of Urdu poetry collection 'Hazaron Quashishain Aisi' 'The Wonderful
World of Urdu Ghazals' (Anisur Rahman), Hindi translation of the biography of
Indian modern artist Syed Haider Raza (Madan Soni), Manipuri translation of
Harivansh Roy Bachchan's poem 'Madushala' (Soi Bamsa Indrakumar), Assamese
translation of Kanak Lal Bara's 'Early History of Kamarupa' (Anjan Sharma),
Dogri translation of Bhishma Sahani's Hindi novel 'Tamas' (Archana Shekhar)
Selected for the Sahitya Akademi Award.
6. It has been reported that the
family of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has approved the construction of
a memorial for him at the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal in Delhi.
7. India and Ireland have agreed to
set up a Joint Economic Commission to improve bilateral trade relations, said
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
8. US President Donald Trump has
suspended the additional import duty announced on some goods from Canada and
Mexico.
9. The Starship rocket launched by
SpaceX, the private American space exploration company owned by businessman
Elon Musk, exploded again.
10. The 56th inaugural ceremony of
the Central Industrial Security Force (CJSF) was held at the Rajaditya Cholan
Training Center of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) near Takkolam,
next to Arakkonam, Ranipet district.