francois hollande
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1.
Deadline for extending pre-2005 currency notes - June 30, 2016
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2. All
loans sanctioned w.e.f April 1, 2016 will be based on Marginal Cost of
Lending funds method (MCLR) instead of existing base rate system. MCLR is an
internal benchmark for deciding rates.
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3. IRCTC
has tied up with "Paytm" gateway for making e-payment
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4. PFRDA
will now use PAN instead of Adhaar to validate new customers registered
online under NPS.
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5. Three
mobile operators offering 4G services = Airtel, Vodafone, Idea
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6.
Cochin Shipyard became the first in India to get the permission for building
LNG transporting ships.
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7.
President of France, Francois Hollande will be the Chief Guest at the 67th
Republic Day.
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8.
Varanasi (City of Music) & Jaipur (City of Craft & Folk Art) made it
to the list of creative cities of UNESCO.
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9. Three
IIITs (Indian Institute of Information Technology) to be set up at Ranchi,
Nagpur & Pune.
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10.
Supreme Court has banned the registration of new Diesel SUVs and luxury cards
in NCR till March 31, 2016.
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11.
Second Phase of Operation Smile will begin from Jan 01, 2016 to rescue and
rehabilitate missing children.
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12.
India's biggest Wildlife Rescue Centre has been renamed as Gorewada Zoo and
Wildlife rescue centre. Location : Gorewada, near Nagpur, Maharashtra.
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13.
Dengvaxia is a vaccine for Dengue. Philippines became the first south asian
country to start the sale of dengvaxia. Dengvaxia is manufactured by a French
Pharma company - Sanofi Pasteur
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14.
Zimbabwe will adopt Chinese Yuan as the legal tender, means it will be widely
used as currency in Zimbabwe.
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15. TAPI
pipleine will carry gas from Daulatabad (Turkmenistan) to Fazilka (Punjab,
India)
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16. UN
Human development report 2015 - India ranked 130 / 188 with score of 0.609
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17.
India has improved rank over previous year's 135/187
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18.
Losar festival marks the beginning of the new Year for Buddhists.
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19.
International Finance Service Centre to come up at Mumbai.
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20. Five
new districts to be carved out in West bengal - kalimpong, Sunderbans,
Basirhat, Burdwan & Jhargram.
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