Union Minister for Rural Development - Narendra Singh Tomar has announced these places during the second quarterly review meeting on the Swachh Iconic Places (SIP) held at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, in Katra, Jammu and Kashmir.
These ten new iconic places which are to be brought to a higher standard of swachhta and visitors’ amenities are :
- Gangotri
- Yamunotri.
- Mahakaleshwar Temple, Ujjain,
- Char Minar, Hyderabad
- Church and Convent of St. Francis of Assisi, Goa
- Adi Shankaracharya’s abode Kaladi in Ernakulam
- Gomateshwara in Shravanabelagola
- Baijnath Dham, Devghar
- Gaya Tirth in Bihar and
- Somnath temple in Gujarat.
Union Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the 4 new type of medals for State and UT police, Central Police Organisations, Central Armed Police Forces and Security Organisations involved in Special Operations.
The Antarik Suraksha and Utkrisht and Ati-Utkrisht Seva Medal will be announced on 26th January 2018, and
The Asadharan Aashuchan Padak and Home Minister's Special Operation Medal will be announced on 15th August 2018 every year.
- 29 June - National Statistics Day in India.
- ReUnite - Mobile App has been launched by Suresh Prabhu - Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation.
- Indian Navy and Indonesian Navy participate in Passage Exercise 2018.
- RBL Bank has bought the 60.48% stake of Mumbai based Swadhaar Finserve Private Limited Company.
- North Korea named as one of the most "Worst Human Trafficking Country".
- Rani Rampal - The new captain of Indian Women's Hockey Team.
