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• Kolkata became first metro city in India to get floating market. It was inaugurated by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

• Punjab Government has launched Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojana (MGSVY) for the welfare of the downtrodden cities across the state.

• India has announced to host informal ministerial meeting of World Trade Organisation (WTO) in New Delhi to Muster support for issues and also help to multi – lateral process.

• The Union Finance Ministry has relaxed norms of Atal Pension Yojana (APY) to allow small Finance banks and payment banks to offer APY distribution.

• India – Japan Smart grid pilot project was inaugurated in Panipat to solve the various complications faced by the power distribution sector.

• Alpha design technologies has signed Rs.45 crore deal with Ministry of defence to supply indigenous simulators for gunnery and missile firing from BMP 11 vehicles to Indian Army.

• Indian origin boy Mehul Garg (10) in United Kingdom became youngest applicant in decade to achieve highest score in Mensa IQ test, beating geniuses like Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.

• Health Minister C. Laxma reddy inaugurated the Telangana’s first infertility centre in Public Health Sector.

• Unprecedented in India’s history, leaders of all 10 ASEAN countries attended the Republic Day parade at the Majestic Rajpath.

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• Usha Anantha Subramanian has been elected as the first woman chairman of Indian Bank’s Association.

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