• Menaka Gandhi launched Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme in 61 more district.
• According to an agency Carat India’s Advertising Growth Rate fastest among countries at 12% more than global average of 4.5% in 2016.
• PM Modi inaugurates Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Superspeciality Hospital in Katra, Reasi district, J&K
• Union Minister for Woman and Child Menaka Gandhi will inaugurate The Regional Conference of North-Eastern States on child adoption in Shillong, Meghalaya.
• India and Mauritius signed MoU for co-operation in traditional medicine and homoeopathy.
• India to purchase 145 M777 Howitzers from BAE Systems under “Make In India” program for $750 Million.
• Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan gave a visit to Bangladesh.
• FICCI Ladies Org (FLO) will set up to Mahila Huts for upliftment of woman in Gujarat.
• 14th Foreign Minister Meeting of India, China and Russia held in Moscow.
• President of India awarded Hindi Sevi Samman for the years 2012, 2012 & 2014 at functions in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• Cultural Minister Dr. Mahesh Sharma release commemorative coin of Rs 200 and circulation coin of Rs 10 on Tatya Tope on his martyr day in Delhi.
• Board of Control of Cricket of India (BCCI) appoints Rahul Johri as its 1st CEO.
• IMF, World Bank, UN and OECD joined hands to form an organization to stop tax erosion and develop effective new tax standard for MNCs.
• Hawk-Eye (goal line technology) to be used in 2016 Euro Cup Football in France.
• India improved its ranking to 133rd out of 180 countries in 2016 World Press Freedom Index. Top 3 countries are Finland, Netherland & Norway.
• A California –based start-up developed a digital guitar without string named “Rhythm Guitar”.
• Union govt renamed Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan (RGKA) as the Khelo India for developing sports complex across India.
• A court has sentenced TV actress Indu Verma to three year jail in a 1996 forgery case.
• International Cricket Association (ICC) banned Hong-Kong all rounder Irfan Ahmed in a corruption charge.
• Cultural minister Dr Mahesh Sharma unveiled the restored 18 feet tall Finial at Humayun’s Tomb in New Delhi as a conservation effort.
• Goa govt appointed justice P K Mishra as the Lokayukta.
• Ratnakar Bank Ltd (RBL) becomes the 1st private bank to open branch for start-up in India.
• An Indian-origin Assamese S Mitra Kalita and his team of Los Angeles Times won Pulitzer Award 2016 for the category of “Breaking News”.
• MoU between India and Bhutan on technical cooperation signed.
• Indian American Geeta Pasi nominated as US envoy to Chad.
• India’s Durga Thakur promoted as the International Hockey Umpire.
• Panasonic and USA based AES India Pvt Ltd to install 10 MW energy storage in Jhajjar, Haryana.
• Silicon Valley coach and mentor William Bill Campbell passed away at 75.
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