WEEKLY NEWS UPDATE-6

* Godrej Agrovet buys Astec Life Sciences.

* Rajiv Mehrishi is new Home Secretary of India.
* Raghav Chandra is new NHAI chief.
* Government release audio versions of 'Ramcharitmanas'.
* HCL Technologies has won a three-year contract to handle tech operations at football club
Manchester United.
* Commonwealth Games 2022 will be hosted by South African city,Durban.
* Snapdeal acquires US-based Reduce Data.
* Ratan Tata invests in food startup Holachef.
* 'Games of Thrones' has entered the 2016 Guiness World Records for the largest TV drama
simulcast.
* 305 cities and towns have been identified for 'Housing for All' scheme.
* Microsoft acquitted in patent infringement case.
* Cipla to acquire US-based InvaGen, Exelan Pharma for Rs 3652 crore.
* Greenpeace India FCRA license cancelled. This means the organization can't receive foreign
funding anymore.
* RBI gives just over Rs 7278 crore to Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
* Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has paid over $1.25 billion or Rs. 8,250 crore for a 15 per
cent stake in Russian oil major Rosneft's Vankor oil field.
* Haryana Government wins Skoch Order-of-Merit National award for implementing e-
governance and IT.
* India to launch Indonesian satellite LAPAN A2/Orari.
* West-Central Railway becomes first zone to eliminate Unmanned Level Crossings.
* Tallest mountain in North America, Mount McKinley renamed as Denali.
* India wins UNESCO Award for conserving Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple in Kerala.