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1. In order to give an impetus to the growth of the Food Processing Sector in Jharkhand, the first Mega Food Park in the State promoted by M/s. Jharkhand Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd. was inaugurated by Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister of Food Processing Industries at Village Getalsud, District Ranchi.
2. A member from Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) Sheikh Ansar Aziz was elected as the first-ever mayor of capital city Islamabad.
3. Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation of the Kingdom of Sweden signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Technical Cooperation in Rail Sector.
4. The Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated the Non-Tax Receipt Portal (NTRP), developed by the Office of Controller General of Accounts (CGA).
5. LAMITYE 2016, the 7th joint military training exercise between the Indian Army and the Seychelles People’s Defense Forces (SPDF) began.
6. India test-fired its endogenously developed Prithvi-II missile, which is capable of carrying 500 kg to 1000 kg of warheads, as part of a user trial by the army from a test range at Chandipur.
7. National Research Development Corporation, an Enterprise of Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi (NRDC) has entered into Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata for commercialization of technologies/ intellectual properties developed at IACS.
8. In a major move to attract foreign investment worth $30 billion from Japan in the short term, the State Bank of India launched its Japan Desk here as a single nodal point catering to Japanese corporates.
9. British filmmaker of Indian origin Asif Kapadia bagged a Grammy Award for his film “Amy”, a documentary on the life of late singer Amy Wine-house.
10. Rasna chairman Piruz Khambatta has been named ambassador of the government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative by the Government of India.
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