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The report also said internationally, 47% of the countries achieved pre-primary enrolment while 8% of the countries including India were close to achieving this.

7.Tribal Ministry Seeks More Tribal Dialects in AIR Broadcasts

To widen the reach of its schemes, Indian Tribal Ministry has sought the use of more tribal dialects in AIR broadcasts.

Detailed plan has also been worked out to ensure the same in meeting with AIR and I&B officials.

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8.China Bans Medical Diagnosis Online

Online medical diagnosis has been banned in China and hospitals offering medical advise through websites have been asked by Chinese regulators to not provide diagnosis for disease or prescribe drugs.

190.Indian PM Gifts French President “Tree of Life”

PM Narendra Modi currently on the first leg of a three nation tour in France gifted French President Francoise Hollande a painting entitled “Tree of Life”.

He was the first Prime Minister from India to also visit the WW1 memorial site dedicated to 10,000 Indian soldiers who fought against Germany between 1914-1918 located in Lille.

10.Archaeologists Discover Dozens of Tombs in Peru

Archaeologists have discovered many tombs filled up to 40 mummies each in a 1,200 ceremonial site located in Peru.

Tombs were discovered in the Cotahuasi Valley in Peru; so far 7 of these tombs have been excavated containing 171 mummies in a site called Tenahaha.

191.Oldest Neanderthal DNA Sample Found

Researchers discovered the oldest Neanderthal DNA sample in a limestone cave of Lamalunga close to Altamura in Southern Italy

DNA sample found could be 1,70,000 years old.

192.Modi inaugurates German industrial fair

Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened on Sunday the Hanover Messe, the world’s largest industrial fair, alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

India is the partner country of this year’s trade fair, which brings together about 6,500 exhibitors from 70 nations.

Germany is India’s largest trading partner in Europe and total bilateral trade between the two countries was valued at 16.08 billion euro (17 billion dollars) in 2013. There are currently more than 1,600 Indo-German business collaborations and 600 Indo-German joint ventures in operation.

193.India’s first International Financial Services Centre opened in Gujarat

India’s first International Financial Services Centre, IFSC, has became operational at GIFT City in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

IFSC rules allow companies incorporated outside India to raise money in foreign currencies by issuance and listing of their equity shares on stock exchanges within the IFSC, where individual and institutional investors from India and abroad including NRIs, would be allowed to trade.

194.Morgan Stanley forecast India’s economy to grow at 7.9% for current fiscal

Multinational financial services corporation Morgan Stanley, said India’s economy will grow at 7.9 per cent this fiscal and 8.4 per cent in Financial Year 2016-17.

In a note Morgan Stanley stated that the risk to India’s growth forecasts are evenly balanced and government’s determined efforts to implement policy actions, reviving productive investment and cutting back less effective policies, are helping the economy move towards the path of faster growth and lower inflation.

195. Larsen & Toubro inks MoU with AREVA

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has announced signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with AREVA of France for co-operation to maximise localisation of the EPR nuclear power plant to be built at Jaitapur, Maharashtra.

This partnership will add new dimensions to the capabilities of India’s manufacturing sector in the nuclear business.

AREVA will transfer technology to utilise the forging capabilities of L&T Special Steels and Heavy Forgings (a joint venture with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.).

196.SBI Cuts home loan rate by another 10 bps for new buyers

State Bank of India (SBI), has cut the interest rate for new home loans by another 10 bps, to 9.9 per cent.

In effect, the interest rate for new home loans will be reduced by 25 bps. For the existing ones, 15 bps is the reduction.

The move comes amid the RBI directive that an interest rate differential will not be allowed if customer profiles are similar.

197.BHEL commissions 600 MW thermal unit in Chhattisgarh

State-owned power equipment-maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)has commissioned a second 600 MW thermal unit in Chhattisgarh’s Janjgir Champa District for the Dainik Bhaskar Power Limited.

“This is the second unit of this power project, commissioned by BHEL. The first 600 MW unit was commissioned in 2014.

198.Gujarat government launches industrial tourism to showcase development

In a first of its kind initiative in the country, Gujarat government is promoting a tour package covering major industrial installations which have earned global acclaim for the state.

Some of the major attractions of this recently launched tour package include a visit to Tata Nano plant in Sanand, Pipavav port near Amreli, Alang ship breaking yard in Bhavnagar and Amul Dairy in Anand.

The package, called Industrial Tour of Gujarat, has been offered by city-based Akshar Travels Pvt Ltd, official partner of state-run tourism agency Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd (TCGL), which is promoting the tour on its website.

199.German Nobel laureate Guenter Grass dies at age 87

Guenter Grass, the Nobel-winning German writer who gave voice to the generation that came of age during the horrors of the Nazi era has died. He was 87.

Grass was lauded by Germans for helping to revive their culture in the aftermath of World War II and helping to give voice and support to democratic discourse in the post war nation.

Grass made his literary reputation with “The Tin Drum,” published in 1959. It was followed by “Cat and Mouse” and “Dog Years,” which made up what is called the Danzig Trilogy after the town of his birth, now the Polish city of Gdansk.

200.Sania seals historic world no. 1 rank with Charleston title

Sania Mirza created history by becoming the first female tennis player from India to achieve the world number one rank in doubles.

Sania achieved her stupendous title win at the WTA Family Circle Cup with partner Martina Hingis.

The top-seeded Indo-Swiss pair defeated Casey Dellacqua and Darija Jurak 6-0 6-4 in just 57 minutes in the lop-sided final of the $731,000 clay court event.

Before Sania, only Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi had achieved the top rank when they dominated men’s doubles circuit in the last 90s.

21.Sun Formed Late in the Star Birthing of the Milky Way

Many of the stars in the Milky Way were formed in a frenzy that peaked 10 billion years ago, but the Sun formed roughly 5 billion years ago, a comprehensive study has found

The new census was conducted by NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, ESA’s Herschel .Space Observatory and many others such as the Magellan Baada Telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory, Chile.