1. Multi-lateral funding agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a project loan of $300 million (about Rs 2,000 crore) for upgradation of over 400 kilometer (km) of major district roads in
Uttar Pradesh.
2. Tata Trusts and Jain Irrigation Systems (JISL) have signed an agreement to work towards improving agriculture extension, agribusiness and research and development systems in multiple geographies across the country.
3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Superspeciality Hospital in Katra,Jammu and Kashmir. This 230 bed hospital has been set up by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board at a cost of 300 crore rupees.
4. Deepak Mishra, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1984 batch, has been appointed as the Additional Director General in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
5. World's No. 1 Tennis Player Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams won 'Sportsman of the Year' trophy for a third time at the 16th Laureus World Sports Awards.
6. Hours after creating history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, Dipa Karmakar clinched the gold in vaults finals at the test event of the Rio Games.
7. World's leading news agency Reuters and The New York Times jointly got the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography. Reuters and The New York Times shared the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for images of the migrant crisis in Europe and the Middle East.
8. Pakistan Cricket Board appointed former Test leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed as the new head coach of the National Cricket Academy.
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