1. Life expectancy increases by 5 years over the past decade in India. I. Its up from 62.3 years for male and 63.9 years for female in 2001-2005 to 67.3 years for male and 69.6 years for female in 2011-2015. II. Infant Mortality Rate has declined to 42 in 2012 from 58 per 1000 live births in the year 2005. III. Maternal Mortality Ratio has diminished from 301 per 100,000 live births in 2001-03 to 212 in 2007-09. IV. Total Fertility Rate is down to 2.4 in 2011 from 2.9 in 2005. 2. India languishes at 155th place out of 178 countries globally in 'Environment Performance Index 2014'. - read more cat 3. Saina Nehwal clinches the women's Singles title by comprehensively beating PV Sindhu in the straight sets 21-14, 21-17 at Syed Modi India Grand Prix Gold Badminton Championship held in Lucknow. I. Chinese Xue Song wins the Men's title by overpowering India's Srikanth K 16-21, 21-19, 21-13 in the final. 4. Civil Aviation Ministry removes restrictions on operations of Airbus A-380 in India. I. This large aircraft is allowed to operate from four airports equipped to handle them in India namely Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore. II. They offer more space, comfort and luxury to passengers generating more in revenue. 5. The National Innovation Council (NInC) and the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) come together to set up 'India Inclusive Innovation Fund' (IIIF). I. The fund seeks to leverage the model of Venture Capital to transform the lives of the underprivileged. II. Its to add teeth to the efforts of socio-economical upliftment by assisting inadequate philanthropy and Government grants/subsidies provided to the poors. 6. Google acquires 'DeepMind Technologies', a London-based artificial intelligence company, for USD 400 million. aswift_0 frame
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