A large number of farmers have been benefitted by Soil Health Card scheme in UP which was launched by the PM Narendra Modi in 2015.
Soil Health Card scheme was launched in Uttar Pradesh through agricultural department during Rabi season in 2015.
The scheme is aimed at making the farmers aware of usage of appropriate quantity of fertilizers on their soil.
Mithali Raj has become the first Indian to score 2,000 runs in T20 International Cricket.
She achieved this during the Women's Asia Cup T20 at Kaula Lumpur against Sri Lanka.
England cricketer Charlotte Edwards tops the list with 2,605.
India men's team captain Virat Kohli with 1,983 runs is the next on the list, followed by Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina.
Brexit Secretary David Davis has resigned from the UK government.
The resignation comes days after British PM Theresa May secured the Cabinet's backing for her Brexit plan at a meeting.
Brexit is the impending withdrawal of the UK from the EU. In a referendum on 23 June 2016, 51.9% of the participating UK electorate voted to leave the EU.
Rajnath Singh will chair a two-day plenary meeting of the North Eastern Council (NEC) in Shillong, Meghalaya.
Issues to be discussed includes transformation of several districts in the region, doubling farmers' income, road connectivity, 'Poshan Abhiyan' Ayushman Bharat and security of region.
NEC is a regional planning body of eight Northeastern states.
HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar will inaugurate the 17th World Sanskrit Conference in Vancouver, Canada.
More than 500 scholars and delegates from over 40 countries are participating in the five-day event.
The World Sanskrit Conference is being held in various countries across the globe once in every three years and so far it has been held thrice in India.
A founding member of Pakistan’s Muttahida Qaumi Movement passed away.
He also left the country like other MQM leaders when an operation against the political party was launched in 1992 and parted ways in 2010
Shahzad was vice chairman when MQM was founded in 1983.
He twice served as a Member of the National Assembly.
Assam, being the largest tea producing state of the country is the home of around 800 tea gardens.
According to official data, 90 tea gardens have been declared ODF as of now under Swacch Bharat Mission.
Assam Capital: Dispur
Chief minister: Sarbananda Sonowal
Suresh Prabhu and S. Korean Minister for Trade Kim Hyun-Chong signed agreements to boost bilateral trade.
S. Korean President and PM Modi will visit Samsung's manufacturing site which will be producing 10 million units of mobile phones per month by 2020 under PM Modis’s Make in India Programme.
S. Korean President: Moon Jae-in
Capital: Seoul
Currency: Won
SC refused to defer the hearing, scheduled on petitions against Section 377 of the IPC that criminalises homosexuality.
Bench headed by CJ Dipak Misra rejected the Centre’s plea.
IPC’s Section 377 refers to ‘unnatural offences’ and says whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished.
Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel assumed charge as chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Justice Goel, who retired as a Supreme Court judge has been appointed for 5 years.
NGT has been established in 2010 under NGT Act 2010 for effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests.