1. A 7.1- magnitude earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday afternoon, turning dozens of buildings into debris and leaving at least 225 people dead. The victims included 21 children of a school which collapsed.
2. CEO of Myntra - Ananth Narayanan.
3. External Affairs Minister - Sushma Swaraj.
4. President of Sri Lanka - Maithripala Sirisena
5. President of Iran - Hassan Rouhani .
6. President of Afghanistan - Ashraf Ghani.
7. Prime Minister of Israeli - Benjamin Netanyahu.
8. The U.S Senata has overwhelmingly approved the nearly $700-billion defence spending bill for 2018, which seeks to develop a strategy for Indo- U.S. defence cooperation.
9. Tata Steel is set to forge ahead with a long- awaited merger of its European as sets with Germany's Thyssenkrupp AG after the firms signed a memorandum of understanding to create an equal joint venture.
10. Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) has signed a definitive agreement with Turkey's Armagan family for acquiring 100% of Erkunt Traktor Sanayli A.S., the fourth largest tractor manufacturer in Turkey.
11. Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages the largest bottling partner of the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company, plans to open its Rs. 450-crore facility in Sanand in Gujarat by January as it tests more than 20 new products made locally in a bid to make India among its top three global markets, Christina Ruggiero, CEO, said on Wednesday.
12. State-owned oil and Natural Gas Crop. (ONGC) has made a significant oil discovery to the west of its prime Mumbai High Fields in the Arabian sea, a senior official said on Wednesday. The discovery in the well WO-24-3 is estimated to hod an in-place reserve of about 20 million tonnes.
13. Notwithstanding the loss of exports on account of the prolonged closure of the Darjeeling tea estates, India's tea exports have increased 4.6% by volume in the first seven months of 2017, statistics showed. Interestingly, two countries where Indian teas made major inroads were China and Sri Lanka - among India's top rivals in the global tea arena.
Egypt, a traditional market for Indian teas has almost doubled its imports in the period. India has also seen a rise in exports to Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Taken with Russia, the CIS region is India's single- largest block for tea exports.
14. Peer-to-peer lending (P2P) platforms will be treated as non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and thus regulated by bthe RBI, the central bank said.
P2P lending is a form of crowed- funding used to raise loans which are paid back with interest. it can be defined as the use of an online platform that matches lenders with borrowers in order to provide unsecured loans.
M.S. Dhoni has been recommended by the Board of Control for Cricket in india (BCCI) for the Padma Bhushan, the country's third highest civilian honour.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni who has been nominated for the Padma Bhushan,
- is a Padma Shri, Arjuna Award and Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratna awardee.
- Only captain to lead his team to glory in all three major ICC tournaments - ICC World Twenty 20 (2007), ICC World Cup (2011) and Champions Trophy (2013).
- Also skippered the men in Blue to triumphs in Asia Cup and CB tri - series in Australia.
- Holds the record for most matches as caption of an international side (331 games ) and is India's most successful captain in tests and ODIs.
- Dhoni holds the Indian record for most dismissals as a wicket keeper in tests, ODIs and T2OIs.
- Dhoni captained Chennai Super Kings to the IPL title in 2010 and 2011 and also helped the franchise win the Champions League T20 in 2010 and 2014
- Named ICC ODI Player of the year in 2008 and 2009.
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