Top Headlines - 25.02.2016

Top Headlines - 25.02.2016
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1. The Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.4 percent in the current fiscal, slightly lower than 7.6 percent projected in advance estimates of Central Statistics Office, industry body FICCI said.

2. RBI has extended the currency swap arrangement to SAARC nations till November 14, 2017. Under the arrangement, RBI will be offering swap arrangement up to an overall amount of USD 2 billion both in foreign currency and Indian rupee.

3. Former Chief Justice of India Justice H. L. Dattu was selected as the next Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission.

4. Distinguished Scientist K. N. Vyas took over as the Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). He succeeded Sekhar Basu, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy.

5. Justice Dinesh Maheshwari of Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court sworn-in as the chief justice of the Meghalaya High Court.

6. The Assam Cabinet approved the detailed project report (DPR) for a Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) for Guwahati. The cabinet also gave green signal to setting up of the Guwahati Metro Rail Corporation Limited.

7. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice-president C. K. Khanna has been appointed the principal advisor to the supervisory committee for the ICC World T20 matches to be held at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium by retired Justice Mukul Mudgal.

8. Australia has replaced India at the top of the world's test rankings with a 2-0 test series victory over New Zealand.

9. Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis defeated the Chinese pair of Yi-Fan Xu and Saisai Zheng in the WTA Qatar Open to extend their unbeaten streak to 41 matches.

10. Union Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises (MoHI & PE), Shri Anant G Geete inaugurated a new state of the art and modern test facilities installed as a part of the National Automotive Testing and R & D infrastructure project (NATRiP) at International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT), Manesar in Gurgaon district of Haryana.