Top South Sudanese politician Pagan Amum, who was arrested and sacked as secretary general of the ruling party as civil war erupted 18 months ago, was reinstated to his post.
The return of Amum, once one of the most influential leaders of the ruling Sudan People`s Liberation Movement (SPLM), is a rare step towards political reconciliation amongst warring rivals.
Govt. to Inject about $3 Billion in State-owned Banks
The government plans to inject about $3 billion into state-owned banks this fiscal year, and potentially $6 billion next year, to help recapitalise the sector and allow it to meet Basel III rules.
The intended injection into state banks is significantly higher than the estimate of 79.4 billion rupees ($1.25 billion) given in the government's budget for this fiscal year.
After analysing data obtained, astronomers have discovered 854 ultra dark galaxies filled with mysterious dark matter in the Coma Cluster, one of the richest cluster of galaxies containing thousands of systems.
These galaxies are dark because they lost the gas needed to create new stars during or after their largely unknown formation process, billions of years ago.
The discovery of 47 dark galaxies was a surprising find in 2014 and the discovery of more than 800 suggests galaxy clusters as the key environment for the evolution of these mysterious dark galaxies.
India produced a much improved show than their opening match as they posted a facile victory over Poland to notch up their second consecutive win in the Hockey World League Semifinals.
India had launched their campaign with a victory over France on the opening day.
Mother Teresa's successor and former superior general of the Missionaries of Charity Sister Nirmala Joshi died.
Sister Nirmala became the second head of the order after its founder Mother Teresa stepped down from the post in March 1997.
During her 12-year stewardship of the Kolkata-headquartered order founded in 1950, Sister Nirmala visited a large number of countries, opening new houses and drawing more people to the Missionaries of Charity, which now has under its fold over 4,500 religious sisters and activities spread across 133 countries.
Government cancels Licences of 2406 NGOs
In a fresh move, the government has cancelled the licences of 2,406 Non-Governmental Organisations across the country, which includes entities that run schools and hospitals.
In the wake of the cancellation of their registrations, the NGOs would not be able to receive foreign funds.
According to official data, Maharashtra tops the list with the cancellation of licences of 964 NGOs followed by Uttar Pradesh with 740, Karnataka with 614 and with 88 in Tamil Nadu.