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1. Speech by the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind on the occasion of conclusion of platinum jubilee year (76th Foundation Day ) celebrations of CSIR
True test of scientific research lies in its ability to help our society leap frog social sector gaps, says President . The President said that our ambitious national programmes – such as Start-up India, Make in India, Digital India, Swachh Bharat, Namami Gange and the Smart Cities Mission – cannot be successful without our scientists and our technology incubators, particularly CSIR, contributing. The true test of scientific research lies in its ability to help our society leap frog social sector gaps, whether in health and hygiene, sanitation, education or agriculture, and make us a middle-income country in one human lifetime.

2. US Secretary of Defense James Mattis calls on Prime Minister
Prime Minister recalled his wide-ranging, candid, and fruitful discussions with President Trump during his visit to the United States in June this year. Both sides had reaffirmed their resolve to further develop their strong strategic partnership. Secretary Mattis briefed Prime Minister on the progress in advancing the bilateral agenda and implementing the decisions taken during that visit.

3. The country is the world's largest milk producer for the past two decades and its credit goes to the farmers of the country.
NDDB has implemented several major dairy development programs including 'Operation Flood' from its inception in the country
NDDB is playing a leading role in the implementation of the National Dairy Plan and the recently announced Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund. Shri Radha Mohan Singh addressed the gathering at the NDDB Dairy Excellence Awards organized at Anand, Gujarat on the foundation day of National Dairy Development Board

4. More than 100 leading global companies to participate in India Mobile Congress 2017
Led by Department of Telecom as the nodal ministry, the India Mobile Congress is being organised by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the industry association of mobile and telecom operators and internet companies will be a congregation to display, discuss, unveil, imbibe, educate and recognise the importance of the global and Indian telecommunications, mobile, internet, connectivity and digital services sector to the world.

5. India Joins Race in 5G Ecosystem, Constitutes High Level Forum on 5G India 2020
5G has been conceived as a foundation for expanding the potential of the Networked Society. The landscape is expanding to include massive scale of “smart things” to be interconnected. The economic benefits from the 5G technology are also quite immense. As per the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) Committee on Digital Economic Policy, it has been stated that 5G technologies rollout will help in,

a) Increasing GDP
b) Creating Employment
c) Digitizing the economy

6. Kandla Port renamed as Deendayal Port
As per the Ministry’s notification, the Central Government, in exercise of powers conferred on it under Indian Ports Act, 1908, made the amendment to replace “Kandla” with “Deendayal”.