- India is ranked 30th for its Global Manufacturing Index(GMI) out of 100 countries by the World Economic Forum(WEF)
- National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) data claims Delhi to the richest state and Jains to be the wealthiest community in India
- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres’s Office on Envoy of Youth gets an amount of $50,000 from India to support for the projects involving youth round the world
- Elcysma Ziroensis, scientific name of a new species of moth have been discovered by the scientists of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) in Talley Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh
- Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) along with Zone Startups India has launched Kerala Accelerator Program, to promote startups in the initial three months of revenue
- Four Information and Communication Technology (ICT) agreements related to higher education have been signed between India and Sri Lanka. National Knowledge Network (NKN) is going to collaborate with Lanka Education and Research Network (LEARN) though which Indian and Sri Lankan universities and share their research and designs
- At IIT Kanpur’s centre in Noida, NITI Aayog has launched the first course on Sustainable Urban Planning using Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing. This course is enthusiastically supported by NITI Aayog and Union Ministry of Housing and urban Affairs, and will be directed under Global Initiative on Academic Network (GIAN) Program of MHRD.
- ‘Vajra Prahar’- the Indo-US joint military exercise will be held in Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Seattle in third week of January’18 to facilitate military cooperation between the nations. In the exercise they will chiefly focus on exceptional operations in urban places. Indian Army team Southern Command, headquartered in Pune will take part.
- 9 agreements have been signed between India and Israel to promote cooperation in the sectors of oil and gas, cyber security and space. Benjamin Netanyahu is the second Prime Minister of Israel to visit India in span of 15 years and following the delegation meet of Prime Ministers Narendra Modi of India and Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, these agreements were signed.
- The India International Exchange (India INX) planned the Indian Railway Finance Corporation’s (IRFC’s) green bond on the platforms that have debt- Global Securities Market (GSM). India INX’s GSM is the first platform of debt listing. At GIFT city in Gujarat, these bonds became the first debt security at International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) collecting funds in multiple currencies by Indian or foreign issuers from investors throughout the world..