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1. Science journalist Pallava Bagla has been awarded with the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for popularisation of science.
2. According to International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) World Economic Outlook Update, India’s growth is projected to accelerate to 7.7 per cent in 2018-19, from 7.2 per cent forecast for 2017-18.
3. Standard Chartered Bank has launched a ‘Multicurrency Forex Card’ that offers customers the convenience of loading up to 20 widely used currencies on one card.
4. India will host the men’s World Boxing Championship for the first time in the year 2021.
5. Famous Indian scientist and academician Yash Pal died. He was 90.
6. Yatra Online Inc, India’s second-largest online travel operator, has acquired corporate travel services provider Air Travel Bureau (ATB).
7. India skipper Mithali Raj has been chosen as the captain of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 team by the International Cricket Council.
8. The world’s first full-scale floating wind farm – with turbines taller than the Britain’s Big Ben – is being built off the coast of Scotland.
9. Google’s India-born CEO Sundar Pichai has been appointed to the board of directors of Alphabet, the search giant’s parent company.
10. Veteran freedom fighter and social worker Kubersingh Saklecha passed away. He was 94.
