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- The 4th ASEAN-INDIA Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry was held at NASC Complex, New Delhi. It was attended by representatives from 10 ASEAN countries.
- Nepal has started accessing internet from China after commercial operation of Nepal-China optical fibre link via Rasuwagadhi gateway across Himalayan Mountains started.
- The Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has launched month long Saksham 2018 (Sanrakshan Kshamta Mahotsav). Saksham aims at creating focused attention on fuel conservation through people centric activities and sensitize masses about conservation and efficient use of pe
troleum products. - The Election Commission (EC) has constituted 14 member committee headed by Umesh Sinha to suggest changes to Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (RP Act) in view of social media expansion. Section 126 of RP Act, 1951 prohibits displaying any election matter by means of television or similar apparatus, during the period of 48 hours before.
- The Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has refused to allow captive breeding of Chiru (Tibetan antelope), whose underfur s used for making famous shahtoosh shawls.
- The Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bihar and Jharkhand for completion of balance works of North Koel reservoir project.
- Government think-tank National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog has announced to rank 115 backward districts by April 2018. It was announced at ‘Transformation of Aspirational Districts’ conference.
- Indian Navy has decommissioned INS Nirbhik and INS Nirghat warships at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai (Maharashtra).
- China has successfully launched two BeiDou-3 satellites to provide navigation and positioning services to countries along Belt and Road initiative by the end of 2018. The two satellites were designated as BeiDou-3 M7 and BeiDou-3 M8.
