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NATIONAL NEWS

PM launches Pradhanmantri Ujjwala Yojana at Ballia in UP

Union Urban Development Minister Venkaih Naidu, Karnataka Chief Minister

Siddaramaiah flag off South India’s First Underground Metro in Karnataka

Mobile App namely ‘‘Indian Customs- Guide to Travellers’ launch

Andhra Pradesh first state in the country to become Open Defecation Free in urban

areas

Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam & Odia now classical languages of India

The world largest to be built called Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) project may be set up

at Hanle in Ladakh

Golden Temple to provide free WiFi to devotees

Parliament approves Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill, 2016

USAID and ministry of power launch portal to promote net zero energy buildings

FDI equity inflow in 2015-16 at $40 billion

25 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose files declassified

Lakshadweep inks pact for energy efficiency measures

The Income Tax Department said the provisions of the General Anti-Avoidance Rules

(GAAR) will be effective from the financial year 2017-18

'40% of electricity from renewables by 2030'

Railway conducts trial for high-speed Talgo trains

J&K bans sale of loose cigarettes, tobacco

Himachal granted proposals worth Rs.12k cr in 3yrs

J&K only Indian state to have a state flag

Vice President Hamid Ansari to leave on a 5-day visit to Morocco and Tunisia

Section 144 Imposed in 8 Districts of Haryana As Jats Threaten To Relaunch Quota

Agitation

Sushma launches PMO's website in 6 languages

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The first bullet train will run in India in 2023, and its work is on track, Railway Minister

Suresh Prabhu said.

HC Stays 10 % Reservation For Jats, Five Other Communities

Union HRD Minister Launches Bharatavani Portal

Now dial 139 to cancel waitlisted, RAC tickets

Gadkari launches safety feature-rich Nirbhaya buses

Union Cabinet gives approval to 6 new IITs

Andhra Pradesh to introduce e-Office system in all districts

HRD Ministry to launch student tracking system

President of India inaugurated IOC in Rashtrapati Bhavan

Delhi’s Presidential Estate is now a smart city

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hit the Bhaderwah town of Jammu and Kashmir

Amid Amma chants, Jayalalithaa sworn-in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for the sixth

time

e-Municipality building to come up in Rajasthan

PM Modi’s First Iran Visit: Chabahar Port, Gas High on Agenda

After liquor, Bihar government bans gutka and pan masala

Punjab gets world's largest rooftop solar plant

DeitY to build first social security platform

UIDAI launches special enrolment drive in 4 States/UTs

NIA has become 'Namo Investigation Agency': Cong

Modi, Maithripala Sirisena released 'Simhastha Declaration' in Ujjain

Rajasthan to be 1st state to issue ads to appoint V-Cs

Tikariya village has been declared as the first Open Defecation Free village in Amethi

district, Uttar Pradesh

Cabinet approves country’s first Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) policy

India’s first solar train set for trial run in Jodhpu



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Government increases Leave Travel Concession (LTC) withdrawal time to 125 days

India's first spice museum to open in Kochi

Parliament passes bill on potable alcohol

According to a World Health Organisation report, Delhi is no longer the world's most

polluted city and is ranked 11th in the most polluted cities list.

Government to set up AIIMS-like institute for Ayurveda

Jammu &Kashmir bans non-biodegradable items in government offices

Kendriya Vidyalayas to include PETA programme

Ministry of Environment & Forests launches web-based application on Integrated

Waste Management System

Mahesh Sharma Releases Commemorative Coin on Maharana Pratap

India emerges as world's biggest renewable energy lab: Richard Verma

Parliament has passed the Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2016 to widen ambit of law dealing with

this anti-hijacking crime

India’s single emergency number ‘112’ to be active from January 1,2017

Manamadurai-Rameswaram rail track to become first green corridor

Rahuri in Ahmednagar becomes first to have digi-locker

Railways launch Bharat Darshan Tourist train for pilgrims

Gangavati to get Asia’s first Rice Technology Park

Sulabh group to set up ‘hybrid toilet complexes’ in 9 Odisha cities

Lok Sabha passes the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Bill 2016, Finance Bill 2016

Mumbai world's most crowded airport: Reports

Railway Ministry launched e-enabled application, PMIS to monitor Railway projects

India ranks 137 of 210 in access to electricity

India third largest e-learning market: Coursera

Supreme Court banned all diesel cabs in NCR-Delhi from May 1



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Indian Railways signed MoU with Haryana & Punjab to plant trees alongside Railway

Track

Telangana to set up Spices Park in Nizamabad

Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam & Odia now classical languages of India

Jammu & Kashmir Government signs MoU to set up IIT in Jammu

The world largest to be built called Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) project may be set

up at Hanle in Ladakh

Parliament approves Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill, 2016

Modi launches solar-powered e-boats in Varanasi

Union Urban Development Minister Venkaih Naidu, Karnataka Chief

Minister Siddaramaiah flag off South India’s First Underground Metro in Karnataka

Mobile App namely ‘‘Indian Customs- Guide to Travellers’ launch

Maharashtra government to develop textile park at Amravati

NEW APPOINTMENTS

New Senior Vice President - Strategy & New Business Initiatives of Housing.com - Dilip

Tuli (Former KPMG Director)

New Secretary of Information and Broadcasting - Ajay Mittal (1982 batch IAS officer of

Himachal Pradesh Cadre)

New Brand Ambassador of world famous Swiss luxury watch maker Hublot - Rohit

Sharma

Newly elected to an important position in the Republican Party at the US national

level - Harmeet Kaur Dhillon (Indian American Sikh woman)

India's Goodwill Ambassador at the 2016 Rio Olympics - Sachin Tendulkar

New Managing Director of Bharti Retail - Kishore Biyani (Former Chief Executive of

Future Retail Ltd)



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New partner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of KPMG's offshore arm in India -

Sameer Chadha

New CEO of Ferrari - Sergio Marchionne

the new Chief of Naval Staff - Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba

New non-executive chairman of City Union Bank - S. Mahalingam (former chief

financial officer (CFO) and executive director of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

New Chief Operating Officers of Oculus - Hans Hartmann (Former Fitbit's Chief

Operating Officer)

New Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

Change (UNFCCC) - Patricia Espinosa

Nominated as the Chairperson of the National Statistical Commission - Dr. Radha

Binod Barman (an eminent statistician)

New Chief of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) - Kumar Rajesh Chandra (Senior

IPS officer)

The new Director General (DG) of Tihar - Sudhir Yadav (1985 batch IPS officer of the

Delhi police)

Prime Minister of Ireland (Re-elected) - Taoiseach Enda Kenny

New head coach of Pakistan ahead of this summer’s tour of England - South Africa’s

Mickey Arthur

First Muslim Mayor of London - Sadikh Khan

New chief executive officer of Ziox Mobiles - Deepak Kabu (former general manager of

Intex Technologies)

New Head of Apple India - Sanjay Kaul

New Odisha food commission chairman - Ranglal Jamuda (former Union secretary,

Food Processing Industries)

New MD and CEO of Multi Commodity Exchange(MCX), country’s largest commodity

exchange - Mrugank Paranjape



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New Additional Solicitor General (ASG) - Atma Ram Nadkarni (Senior advocate of

Bombay High Court)

New executive director of ICICI Prudential - Sankaran Naren

First independent ICC Chairman for two years - Shashank Manohar (Former BCCI

President)

New acting Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court - Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei

New Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court - Justice Navin Sinha (former Chief

Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court)

Fourth Goodwill Ambassador for Rio Olympics - AR Rahman (another three Goodwill

Ambassador for Rio Olympics were, Bollywood actor Salman Khan, Olympic gold

medalist Abhinav Bindra and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar)

New member of President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood

Partnerships - Manjit Singh (Indian-American)

New Non-Executive Chairman of Axis Bank - Sanjiv Misra

first female secretary general of FIFA - Fatma Samoura

New Chairman of NSE - Ashok Chawla

New Deputy Controller and Auditor General(CAG) - Hindupur Pradeep Rao (senior

audit service officer)

Chief Justice of Tripura High Court - Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei

new chairman of Shell India - Nitin Prasad

New MD of Barco India - Rajiv Bhalla

New Ambassador of India to Romania - A V S Ramesh Chandra (IFS officer)

New Deputy Mayor in United Kingdom - Indian journalist Philip Abraham

New Prime Minster of Turkey - Binali Yildirim

New Principle Adviser for social sector in Niti Aayog - Ratan P Watal (Former Finance

Secretary)

The new Director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) - Rakesh

Kumar Mishra



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New Lt Governor of Puducherry - Kiran Bedi (IPS officer)

Youngest new President The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) - Anurag

Thakur

New Chief Minister of Assam - Sarbananda Sonowal

New CMD of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) - S K Sharma

New Chief Minister of Kerala - Pinarayi Vijayan

New CEO of Freecharge - Govind Rajan

Newly assumed the office of commandant of the prestigious Indian Military Academy

(IMA) in Dehradun - Lt General S K Saini

Indian Cricket Team’s head coach for the team's tour to Zimbabwe - Sanjay Bangar

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Infosys BPO - Anantha Radhakrishnan

(Former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Infosys BPO)

New Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command (SNC) - Vice-

Admiral AR Karve

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

G7 nations to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2025

India 2nd in initiating anti-dumping probes: WTO

Sadhguru to lead yoga session at UN on 2nd International Yoga Day

India, Australia sign MoU to enhance R&D capabilities in biotech

Pakistan bans advertisements for contraceptives

Maldives to achieve 3.5 per cent GDP growth this year, says IMF

Former Argentine dictator, Reynaldo Bignone jailed for 20 years

China, Japan on US trade monitoring list

Venezuela hikes minimum wage 30% amid inflation

Iraq declares state of emergency as protestors storm into Parliament

Wipro inaugurates Saudi's 1st all-women IT park

India, New Zealand signed Air Services Agreement



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First cruise ship sailing from US to Cuba in over 50 years

Swiss mark the opening of the world’s longest and deepest rail tunnel

Iranians not to attend hajj in Saudi Arabia

Swiss town votes to pay $292k to avoid refugees

World leaders join calls for improving global humanitarian situation

London's Night Tube to start running from August

US lists 2 Pak-based groups as global terrorists

World economy, terrorism take centre stage as G7 leaders meet in Japan

UN chief Ban Ki-moon urges dialogue between North and South Korea

Donald Trump wins Republican nomination for US President

SC Allows Italian Marine Salvatore Girone to go Home

27th India-Indonesia CORPAT concludes in Belawan

6.1 magnitude earthquake hits Australia

First Metro Line to the Sea Opens in Los Angeles

India, Thailand, Myanmar to be linked by highway

Taj Mahal in top 5 tourist attractions in the world and Second position in Asia: Survey

Beijing-New Delhi Yoga Conference opens in China

UK banks close 600 branches in one year

2016 Red Flag Aerial combat exercises concludes in US

China launches a remote sensing satellite to carry out land surveys

African and Western powers hold summit in Nigerian capital Abuja

New York-based law firm hires 1st ever AI lawyer

UNWTO and China to organize First World Conference on Tourism

World-First Scanning Helium Microscope Built In Australia

World's 'tallest' roller coaster opens in US

Cultural festival in Egypt inaugurated to observe Tagore’s birth anniversary

Luxembourg to launch asteroid-mining spacecraft

Greece passes pension, tax reform bill



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Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann resigns

37,000 India files in new Panama papers released

Obama 1st serving US Prez to visit Hiroshima

France to set up deradicalisation centres

Kenya to close World's biggest refugee camp in Dadaab

Brazil new interim President Michel Temer calls for trust in values for Brazil's recover

Largest cargo plane lands 1st time in India

China’s embassy in Libya shuts temporarily

Saudi Arabia Oil Minister replaced after 21 yrs

8000-year-old paddy discovered in China

Zimbabwe to print own version of US dollar

US state introduces unwanted baby drop-off box

ECB decided to end production and issuance of 500 euro banknote

80 countries to attend World Humanitarian Summit

Wipro inaugurates Saudi's 1st all-women IT park

India, New Zealand signed Air Services Agreement

Venezuela hikes minimum wage 30% amid inflation

Iraq declares state of emergency as protestors storm into Parliament

SCHEMES LAUNCHED

Andhra Pradesh CM launched Chandranna Bima Yojana

Modi launches solar-powered e-boats in Varanasi

Virbhadra Singh launches PEHAL in Shimla

Gujarat Government launches Smart Village program

Union Health Minister launched the ‘Kayakalp Fortnight’ at All India Institute of Medical

Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi

I-T Department launches new grievance redressal tool



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Odisha to launch Green Passage Scheme for orphan students

Shri Nitin Gadkari Launched INFRACON, ePACE and up-Scaled INAM PRO

Amit Shah inaugurates 2nd phase of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in Gujarat

Odisha Government launches DBT scheme for farmers

LED Bulb Ujala Yojana inaugurated in Bhopal

Andhra Pradesh CM launched Chandranna Bima Yojana

PM launches Pradhanmantri Ujjwala Yojana at Ballia in UP

SPORTS

SRH beat Gujarat Lions to reach IPL final

Sonia Lather wins silver at World Boxing C'ships

Indian wins gold at French Open Athletics Championship

BCCI to donate ₹5 cr to disabled cricketers

Paes-Hingis reach mixed doubles quarters

Real Madrid wins its 11th Champions League title

India only country to win 60, 50, 20-over WC

Kyrgios gets largest fine in French Open history

Ricciardo earns first F1 pole at Monaco

Nico Rosberg takes pole at Russian Grand Prix

Vijender Singh wins 5th straight pro boxing bout

Indian team win one silver, two bronze in Archery World Cup

BCCI announces resumption of bilateral cricket ties with West Indies

Indian shooters bag 3 gold, 1 bronze ISSF Junior World Cup

Nico Rosberg wins Russian Grand Prix

Longest ever Snooker World Cup frame played

Sunrisers Hyderabad win their maiden IPL title

Discus thrower Seema Punia qualifies for 2016 Rio Olympics

Hamilton wins Monaco F1 Grand Prix



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Ashwin retains No. 2 spot in Test bowlers ranking

Justice Mukul Mudgal in FIFA governance committee

Women Archers Deepika, Bombayla, Laxmirani named for 2016 Rio Olympics

Max Verstappen becomes youngest F1 GP winner

Warner registers most 50+ scores in IPL history

Vijender Singh registers his 6th successive victory in Super Middleweight contest

MCC launches first Official Laws of Cricket app

Ritu Rani, Raghunath & Dharamvir recommended for Arjuna Award

Shashank Manohar resigns as BCCI President

Michel Platini to resign as UEFA President

Indian team win one silver, two bronze in Archery World Cup

Nico Rosberg wins Russian Grand Prix

Vikram Malhotra wins PSA 2016 Charlotte Open

Mark Selby won World Snooker Championship

New Zealand top ICC T20I Rankings

India slips to 4th spot in ICC ODI Rankings

Rohit Sharma unveils India's first sports expo

Srikanth slips to World No. 12, Jwala-Ashwini rises to 14th

Cameroon Footballer Patrick Ekeng dies after collapsing on pitch

Pakistan won 2016 Asia Kabaddi Championship Cup

Bayern Munich wins 4th straight Bundesliga title

India women wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik grab Rio 2016 berths

Karnataka to promote golf tourism

ECONOMIC & BUSINESS

Complaints against Snapdeal, Amazon ads upheld

Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have pulled out ₹5,986 crore from the Indian debt

markets in May



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Intel buys self-driving car tech startup Itseez

ePaisa spins its digital wallets business into a new mobile application Master-Wallets

Reliance Defence inks pact with 3 Ukrainian state firms

India ranks on 5th Place in forge goods trade, China on Top in the list

Paytm partners Wipro for Payments Bank

Airtel, GBI announce partnership for West Asia

Halliburton, Baker Hughes end $28 bn merger deal

Freshdesk opens new office in Berlin

Domain registration company, Uniregistry has launched the ".game" domain extension

for registrations

Sachin launches his clothing brand 'True Blue'

Samsung Electronics ties up with Alibaba Group holding to automate Alipay gateway

3D CAD firm Onshape launches its operations in India

Pune is best value-for-money destination for five-star hotels in India: Report

Apple Opens Development Office for digital maps in Hyderabad

Google to set up Startup Incubator within Premises

MakeMyTrip allows users to buy foreign currency

Pfizer to buy Anacor Pharma in $5.2 billion deal

Mphasis partners ToneTag for digital banking solutions

Capgemini launches digital literacy centre in Navi Mumbai

Oracle’s Catz becomes top-paid female exec in US

Facebook Messenger blocked in Saudi Arabia

India ranks ninth among crony capitalist nations

Snapdeal ties up with UrbanClap to offer personal services on its Android app

Walmart sues Visa on PIN-based transactions

Kotak sole Indian on Forbes’ most powerful list

Nalco signs MoU with BARC for research and development

Gold-plated car worth $1 Million displayed in Dubai



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Indian economy projected to grow 7.3% in '16: UN

Reliance Jio launches wallet service JioMoney

Airtel launches ‘Platinum 3G’ in Assam

BookMyShow to let users book tickets on credit

Titan to acquire e-jewellery store CaratLane

Flipkart to launch its own map services

Snapdeal acquires TargetingMantra

Kotak Bank opens international unit in Gujarat’s GIFT City

CarDekho acquires virtual reality startup Volob Technologies

Apollo Hospitals signs MoU with Osler Health for research in chronic disease

Zone Startups to launch accelerator for women entrepreneurs

Uber lets Chinese users pay via Alipay globally

BANKING

IOB posts net loss of Rs.936 crore

'RBI to lower rates by another 50 bps in FY17'

Public sector banks install 14k ATMs in 2015-16

SIDBI signs MoU with Saarc Development Fund

Government raises EPF interest rate to 8.8 pc for 2015-16

SBI now also has the largest PoS network in India

Yes Bank ties up with online payment solutions startup Click & pay

National Payments Corporation of India to launch credit card by year-end

Nepal SBI Bank launches payment gateway

India Post Payments Bank To Be Functional By March

Andhra Bank to launch Bharat Bill Payment Service soon

Bank plans to open 500 branches this fiscal

HSBC to shut down half of its branches in India, 300 Jobs to go



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IDFC Bank launches #IDFC Twitter Resume campaign on Twitter to find prospective

employees, attract millennials

DBS Bank to set up new technology hub in Hyderabad

HDFC Bank launches SmartUp

India’s 1st startup hostel launched in Bengaluru

RBI to issue 1000 banknotes with inset letter R

RBI cancelled Certificate of Registration of four NBFCs

ICICI launches country’s 1st contactless credit card for SMEs

RBI issues norms for branch offices by foreign entities

IDBI Bank first state-run bank to open branch at IFSC

Banks likely to cut loan rates by 0.5%

The country’s largest bank State Bank of India has now launched ‘mVisa‘ ,a mobile-

based payments solution

ICICI Bank in strategic tie-up with NDB

India rated 9th in FDI Confidence Index

SBI lowers lending rates by 5 bps to 9.15%

Government raises EPF interest rate to 8.8 pc for 2015-16

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Indian Air Force successfully test fires Brahmos missile at Pokaran

SpaceX completes 3rd successful landing at sea

Microsoft, FB to build submarine cable system

Doctors in Mathura perform first successful heart surgery on 9-month-old

Govt to cancel defence tenders of Finmeccanica

UK startup makes alarm clock that brews coffee

ISRO to launch record 22 satellites in a mission

Bengaluru launches 'Intelligent' app for buses



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Giant duck-billed dinosaur fossil in China sets world record

Tech accelerator programme launched for women

Canada-based biochemists have developed the world's smallest thermometer from

DNA, which is 20,000 times smaller than a human hair

World's fastest wearable circuits created

China to launch world's 1st quantum satellite

New tech captures brain's activity in a snapshot

German researchers claimed to have found a way to make the most accurate clock ever

Scientist develops flying microrobots 'RoboBees' to help build better drones

World's first 3D-printed building opens in Dubai

Google aims to kill passwords by the end of this year

India fifth largest producer of e-waste

HIFiRE hypersonic superjet technology successfully tested in Australia

Impulse plane lands in Ohio

Brazil startup makes face-controlled wheelchair

US startup makes smart tea brewer 'Chime'

Smart device turns any surface to remote control

Jacket by Levi’s, Google lets you Control Smartphones

Nano-carrier can deliver drug to kill deadly brain tumour

India Successfully Launches Its Own Space Shuttle

Indian Air Force (IAF) launches Electronic Maintenance Management System (e-MMS)

Project

IBM creates chemical to fight viral infections

ISRO ex-chairman UR Rao becomes first Indian in International Astronautical

Federation’s ‘Hall of Fame’

Samsung launches 256 GB microSD card at Rs.16,740

Stable, synchronized 4-planet system discovered



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China launches remote sensing satellite

India successfully test-fires Prithvi-II missile

Apple announces startup accelerator in Bengaluru

Google develops gigapixel 'Art Camera'

World’s first Zika virus clone developed

SpaceX successfully launches Japanese JCSAT-14 Satellite

Amazon launches its online video service

Google announced the launch of its free public WiFi service at Patna, Ujjain, Guwahati,

Allahabad, and Jaipur railway stations

Google Translate enables translations in any app

Samsung creates smart surfboard with LED display

WhatsApp launches desktop app for Mac, Windows

Opera launches power-saving mode for computers

Scientists identify 12 million-year-old dog species

World's oldest ground-edge stone axe found in Australia

Google launches keyboard app with inbuilt search

NASA’s Juno spacecraft to arrive at Jupiter on July 4

Endangered asiatic wild dogs spotted in China nature reserve

UK conducts 1st successful HIV organs transplant

World's longest insect discovered in China

Astronomers discovered 3 Earth like planets using TRAPPIST telescope

World's smallest thermometer created from DNA

Giant duck-billed dinosaur fossil in China sets world record



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BOOKS & AUTHORS

Book on Param Vir Chakra winners launched

The biography titled Shashi Kapoor – the Householder, the Star, has been authored by

film journalist Aseem Chhabra of veteran actor Shashi Kapoor.

Indian tennis player Sania Mirza's upcoming autobiography ‘Ace Against Odds’ is set to

be released in July this year, publisher HarperCollins announced

Pavithra Ramesh released her debut novel named No Time to Pause, which is the story

about a girl who, for want of privacy and independence goes to college in a different

city.

OBITUARIES

Veteran RSS leader Balraj Madhok passes away

Actor Suresh Chatwal passes away in Mumbai

Tamil Nadu: Newly elected AIADMK MLA passes away

Pink Panther star Burt Kwouk passes away

Noted Marathi literary critic R G Jadhav passes away

Emmy award winning actor Alan Young dies aged 96

Canadian CBS News Reporter Morley Safer passes away

Beastie Boys original member John Berry dead at 52

CPM leader K Anirudhan dies

Oldest Olympic champion Sandor Tarics dies

Renowned Gujarati folk singer and Padma Shri awardee Diwaliben Bhil passed away at

her residence in Junagadh due to age-related ailments

Andre Brahic, discoverer of Neptune's rings, dies

Former Test cricketer Deepak Shodhan passes away

Indian spiritual guru Hardev Singh, the head of Sant Nirankari Mission, passed away in a

road accident in Canada at the age of 64.

Praveen Rashtrapal, Congress member of Rajya Sabha, dies



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Cricket commentator Tony Cozier dies aged 75

Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat Praveen Rashtrapal has passed away

US actor William Schallert passes away

Former MLA Rajeshwara Rao passes away

Australian TV producer Reg Grundy dies

Pakistan human rights activist Khurram Zahot shot dead

Nihal Bitla, who became face of progeria campaign in India, dies at 15

Veteran politician Lisen passes away in Dimapur

Former J&K Congress minister Romesh Sharma passes away

AWARDS & HONOURS

Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh wins 2016 India Biodiversity Award

Amateur Indian author's manuscript wins $10,000 book award

Telangana govt enters Limca Book of Records

Indian-American scientist wins Springer Theses Award

President Pranab Mukherjee to present Malti Gyan Peeth Puraskars

Indian-American journalist felicitated with Edgar A Poe award

IISc professor Sriram Ramaswamy became Royal Society Fellow

Ashrita Furman holds most Guinness World Records

Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling conferred with Nepal’s Yugkavi Siddhicharan Prize

Indian-American students sweep National Geographic Bee contest

US biochemical engineer wins $1.2 million technology prize

56 Indian companies on Forbes 'Global 2000' list

Sunil Mittal gets highest Harvard B-School award



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Indian-American Rakesh K Jain received US National Medal of Science 2015 from

Barack Obama

Indian-American Rupa Iyer awarded with Highest Teaching Award in US

British director Ken Loach's film I, Daniel Blake has won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film

Festival

Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling conferred with Nepal’s literary award

Rwandan sets longest net session Guinness Record

Guinness names 30-yr-old cat 'Oldest living cat'

Celina Jaitly has been honored with the Harvey Milk Award

IIT-Kgp student bags European Materials Research Society Award

Sonakshi Sinha gets 'The Angries' award

Indian-American Teen Syamantak Payra Wins Intel Young Scientist Award

JK Rowling receives highest French civilian honour

Obama honours Indian-American Teacher Revathi Balakrishnan

Uttar Pradesh, Jammu &Kashmir among Lonely Planet Travel Award winners

Madhya Pradesh Tourism wins Best Indian Destination for Wildlife Award

Politician NK Singh gets Japan’s prestigious national Award

Nagaland police bags Smart Policing Award

Corporation Bank gets “Excellence Award on Empowering MSMEs 2016”

President presents Gallantry Awards and Distinguished Service Decorations to Defence

personnel

Gravitational wave scientists win Special Breakthrough Prize

Musician Angélique Kidjo and three African youth activist movements have been given

Ambassador of Conscience Award 2016

President Pranab Mukherjee confers Niryat Shree and Niryat Bandhu Awards

Indian Parashar Kulkarni wins 2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Asia Region

Swiss government honours Yash Chopra with statue



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Actors Amitabh Bachchan and Kangana Ranaut received National Awards for their

roles in 'Piku' and 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns' respectively at the 63rd National Film

Awards ceremony held in Delhi.

Pankaj Parakh from Maharashtra sets record for costliest gold shirt

Dharmendra, Jeetendra felicitated by Maharashtra NavNirman Sena(MNS)

BCCI nominates Virat Kohli for Khel Ratna award

Indian-American journalist felicitated with Edgar A Poe award

IMPORTANT DAYS

May 1 International Labour Day (Workers Day)

May 3 Press Freedom Day.

May 4 Coal miner’s day

May (2nd Sunday) Mother's Day

May 8 World Red Cross Day.

May 9 Victory day

May 11 National Technology Day.

May 12 International Nurses day

May 14 World Migratory day

May 15 International Day of the Family.

May 17 World Telecommunication Day (Information society day)

May 21 Anti-terrorism day

May 24 Commonwealth Day.

May 31 Anti-Tobacco Day.


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