Asserting that India was a "shining star" with a growth rate of 6.5 per cent, which not many countries can boast of, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia today said the country would emerge as a stronger economic force in next one year on the back of continuing reforms.

Banks in the Eurozone will pay back early "137.2 billion ($183 billion) of the huge injection of cheap, three-year emergency loans they received from the European Central Bank about a year ago.

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has said the world has been able to improve human conditions at a faster than ever before.