Assam was declared as Disturbed Area under AFSPA for 3 more months 

  • Assam was declared as Disturbed area for another three months under  Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). 
  • Apart from Assam, bordering area of Meghalaya and three districts of Arunachal Pradesh were also declared same.
  • It was done after violent activities carried out by groups like ULFA, NDFB etc.

Country’s 1st bio refinery plant inaugerated by - Gadkari

  • Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways inaugurated India’s first biorefinery plant that produces ethanol from a variety of biomass in Pune on 7th May 2017. 
  • Gadkari stated that such projects will help stage a great revolution in India’s agriculture sector. 

Bharti Airtel and Ola Cabs tie-up to offer - Integrated digital services

  • Telecommunications services provider Bharti Airtel partnered with taxi app aggregator Ola Cabs to offer a range of exciting digital services to customers on 8th May 2017.
  •  Both the companies will collaborate to deliver enhanced convenience for customers by leveraging the strengths of their respective portfolios.

Every house in Haryana to get a - smart ID

  • Detailed data will be collected of every resident and every house would be allotted a smart house ID under a special mission in Haryana. 
  • It was announced by the state’s Chief Secretary, D.S. Dhesi while presiding over a meeting of the Deputy Commissioners of the state through video conferencing on 7th May 2017 in Chandigarh.

Two Indian warships visited Egyptian port city on  5th May 2017


  • Two Indian warships INS Mumbai and INS Aditya arrived in Alexandria, the Mediterranean port city in Egypt on 5th May 2017. 
  • The warships visited Egypt as a part of Indian Navy's overseas deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Africa's western coast.
  •  They are a part of Indian Navy's Western Naval Command based in Mumbai.