Vijender beats Zulpikar to win WBO Oriental Super Middleweight title
Indian professional boxer Vijender Singh outslugged his Chinese opponent Zulpikar Maimaitiali to retain the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title and win the WBO Oriental Super Middleweight title.
National Handloom Day observed on August 7 2017
National Handloom Day is being observed on 7th August 2017 to encourage people to use hand-made loom in the country.
n Assam, the main event of the National Handloom Day is being celebrated in Guwahati. Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal, Minister of State for Textiles Ajay Tamta attended the program.
Economist Rajiv Kumar to be new Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog
Noted economist Rajiv Kumar will be the next Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog, which is a think-tank that replaced the Planning Commission.
He will succeed Arvind Panagariya, who had recently quit as Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog.
Ankur Mittal Wins Gold Medal in Asian Shotgun Championship
Indian shooter Ankur Mittal has won the individual as well as the team gold medal in Men’s double trap at the 7th Asian Shotgun Championship on 5th of August 2017.
Govt merges NCRB with BPRD
On August 4, 2017, Union Home Ministry passed an order to merge the three-decade old National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) with Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD).
Exoplanet with glowing water atmosphere detected by - NASA’s Hubble
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the strongest evidence to date for a stratosphere on a planet outside solar system, WASP-121b.
The stratosphere is an atmosphere layer in which temperature raises with higher altitudes.
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