Asian Development Bank has approved a USD 300 million loans as additional financing for the ongoing Maharashtra Rural Connectivity Improvement Project that is upgrading rural roads and connecting remote areas with markets.
August 9 is observed as the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. It is a day that is aimed at raising awareness about the indigenous populations around the globe.
Quit India Movement Day is celebrated on 8 August each year in India. Quit India Movement was a mass civil disobedience movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942.
England fast bowler James Anderson added yet another feather to his illustrious cap as he overtook Anil Kumble to become the third-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket.
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