1. Arun Jaitley becomes the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha while Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad assumes charge as Leader of the Opposition.
- Its noteworthy that Arun Jaitley was earlier the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha in last government.
- The Finance Minister, who lost the Lok Sabha election from Amritsar constituency, will have to become member of Rajya Sabha within six months.
2. BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missile successfully test-fired from INS Kolkata off the coast of Karwar in Karnataka.
- The Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace has developed several variants of the missile for different kinds of warfare and is now developing a much-faster hypersonic version of the weapon system.
- All the three armed forces have already inducted the BrahMos weapon systems.
3. Kudankulam becomes the first nuclear power plant of the country to generate 1000 MW power when its unit I power plant reached its full capacity.
- Tata Mundra project in Gujarat was earlier the largest single generation unit in operation with 800 MW power capacity.
4. Sourav Ganguly has been appointed as an expert member on cricketing affairs of the Supreme Court-appointed Mudgal committee which is meant to probe the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal.
5. 'Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict' is to take place in London.
- The four-day summit, to be attended by over 100 countries, is the culmination of a two-year campaign to raise awareness of the issue.
- The participants will be from foreign ministries, the military, law enforcement agencies and non-governmental organisations.
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