update mcore version (NVIDIA-NeMo#6875)

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update mcore version (NVIDIA-NeMo#6875)

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Update patch version

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Merge branch 'r1.18.0' of github.com:NVIDIA/NeMo into r1.18.0

Allow indices exchange via distributed (NVIDIA-NeMo#6618)

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Update readme (NVIDIA-NeMo#6363)

* update readme

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* try note fix

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* try note fix

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* remove note

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* remove all note

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* add code block

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update branch for pynini install script (NVIDIA-NeMo#6150)

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update apex install instructions (NVIDIA-NeMo#5901)

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update readme

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update readme

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