Top Headlines - 08.02.2016

Top Headlines - 08.02.2016
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1. IMF growth forecast for India hovers around 7.5 per cent for the 2016-17 fiscal. IMF Chief Christine Lagarde has hoped that India would be able to implement a series of critically important economic reforms for unleashing the country’s growth potential.

2. Professional forecasters' survey of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) said the country's gross value added (GVA) economic growth would be at 7.4 per cent in 2015-16 and at 7.8 per cent in 2016-17.

3. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda launched Project Sunrise at Imphal for prevention of AIDS in the eight North-Eastern states of the country.

4. An inter-ministerial Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) National Empowered Committee approved development of a heritage park in Amaravati besides developmental works at 1,000 Pillar Temple and Kazipet Durgah and rejuvenation of pond at Padmakshi Temple in Warangal city.

5. Union Urban Development Ministry approved projects worth Rs 12 crore for improving tourist infrastructure in heritage places of Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh and Warangal in Telangana.

6. NASA Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who was the sixth man to walk on the Moon, died in Florida. He was 85. He was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 14 Mission in 1971.

7. The Labour Ministry inked eight agreements with Uber, Quikr, Monster and Tech Mahindra, among others, in a bid to exploit the potential of the National Career Service (NCS) project, a career portal.

8. Indian cyclist T Vijyalakshmi won gold medal in women's 30km individual time trial event in 12th South Asian Games.

9. Australian all-rounder Shane Watson receives highest bid, Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 9.5 crore in IPL Cricket auction 2016.

10. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, dedicated to the nation, the National Institute of Science Education and Research at Bhubaneswar.