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1. International Yoga Day was celebrated world-wide on 21 June 2017 with the theme “Yoga for Health”.
2. According to Fitch Ratings, India’s GDP growth will rise from 7.4% to 7.5% in 2018-19 and to 7.6% in 2019-20.
3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated POWERGRID’s 400 Kilo Volt (kV) Lucknow-Kanpur Direct Current (D/C) Transmission Line with associated bays to the Nation in Lucknow.
4. Justice Dalveer Bhandari has been nominated by India as its candidate for another nine year term as judge of the International Court of Justice.
5. Internationally recognised plasma physicist and pioneer of thermo-nuclear fusion in India, Prof P K Kaw died. He was 69.
6. The Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute of Pune has been selected as the first recipient of the prime minister’s award for outstanding contribution for promotion and development of yoga.
7. Veteran actor Amrit Pal passed away. He was 76.
8. Asian Development Bank will provide USD 275 million loan for a piped water supply project in Madhya Pradesh.
9. Mumbai girl Ahana Shah has won a bronze medal in the Under-7 category of the 2017 Kenilworth Junior Open Rapid Chess Tournament.
10. UNICEF has appointed 19-year-old Muzoon Almellehan as its newest and youngest Goodwill Ambassador on World Refugee Day, making her the first refugee to become an Ambassador for the organisation.
