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Dipa Karmakar won bronze medal at 6th Senior ART Gymnastics Asian Championships

Dipa, who won a bronze in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, stood third at the podium with 14.725 points.

Guidelines Governing Adoption of Children 2015 came into effect

The new Guidelines are intend to provide for more effective regulation for adoption of orphan, abandoned and surrendered children and would bring more transparency and efficiency in the adoption system.

NASA enhanced collision-avoidance system to avoid traffic jams between satellites orbiting Mars

The step was taken after addition of two new spacecraft, namely NASA's MAVEN and India's Mangalyaan, to orbit the Mars has gone up to five.

India to produce at least dozen billionaires among start-ups by 2020: ASSOCHAM

The paper said that India will be among the top among the Asian start-ups along with the Chinese and the South East countries.

Aadi Perukku festival celebrated with traditional gaiety in Tamil Nadu

Aadiperukku is a Hindu Tamil festival celebrated on the 18th day of the Tamil month of Aadi (mid-July to mid-August) in gratitude to water bodies especially Cauvery River.

India foiled UK’s Pangaea Laboratories bid to patent use of turmeric, pine bark and tea

Earlier, CSIR-TKDL also foiled an attempt of Colgate-Palmolive Company to patent a mouthwash formula containing herb (Nutmeg- Jayaphal) extract used in Indian traditional systems.

Tiju Thomas initiative emerged as UAE's first and biggest donor registry

The initiative that had a soft launch on World Blood Donor Day on 14 June 2015 and was formally launched on 21 June 2015 on International Yoga Day.

MCA lifted 3-year old Wankhede Stadium entry ban on Shah Rukh Khan

The Association imposed the ban following a 2012 fracas involving the Kolkata Knight Rider’s co-owner and security personnel during an IPL match.

Copenhagen Archery Championships: Indian women's recurve team clinched silver medal

In the Summit clash, the Indian trio lost the World Championship final to top seeded Russians 4-5 to settle for the silver at the Christiansborg Palace.

Victorian Open WSA: Joshna Chinappa won squash title

This was tenth WSA title for 28-year-old Joshna, the last being the Richmond Open title win in April 2014.

First National Handloom Day to be observed on 7 August 2015

On this occasion a new India Handloom brand for better market positioning of quality handloom products would be launched.

Tamil Nadu government instituted youth award in name of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

Tamil Nadu government also announced that Dr Kalam’s birthday on October 15th would be celebrated as the Youth Revival Day.

Union Government released the Census data on Highest Educational Level Attained

The improvements at higher educational levels along with decline in percentage share at below-Primary and Primary level are indication of educational advancement in the country during the decade 2001-11.

Sri Lankan government decided to renovate temples destroyed in Nepal quake

It will undertake the repair of Buddhist temple in Swayambhunath and Hindu temple of Rato Machindranath in Lalitpur.

1974 Land Border Agreement between India and Bangladesh came into effect

The transfer helped about 50000 people to get citizenship of either country, bringing them access to all legal rights and civic amenities.

14-year-old Lucknow boy Prabhroop Sekhon won 2 Gold at Special Olympics World Games

Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015 is the single biggest event in Los Angeles since the 1984 Olympic Games.

Maharashtra government announced construction of 800-km Nagpur-Mumbai expressway

The Nagpur-Amravati-Aurangabad-Ghoti-Mumbai expressway, also called Communication Super-expressway, would be build at the cost of 30000 crore rupees.

Union Government formulated Draft Rules for Mass Emission Standards for Bio-diesel fuelled vehicles

The Draft rules further seek to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 and these Rules may be called Central Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Rules, 2015.

Indo-UK Bilateral Air Exercise Indradhanush concluded

The 10-day exercise that started on 21 July 2015 was the fourth edition which commenced in Britain