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31 May

Discus thrower Seema Punia qualifies for 2016 Rio Olympics

Asian Games discus throw gold medal winner Seema Punia on Sunday qualified for the Rio Olympics with a 62.62m effort at the Pat Young's Throwers Classic 2016 at Salinas (California) in the United States. The 32-year-old Seema crossed the Rio Games qualification standard of

61.00m at the Hartnell College Throwers Complex with her season's best effort of 62.62m.She won the gold in the event and in the process pipped 2008 Olympic discus throw champion Stephanie Brown-Trafton of United States of America for the gold.

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Vice Admiral AR Karve takes charge of Southern Naval Command Vice Admiral AR Karve, AVSM took over charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command (SNC) from Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, AVSM, VSM on Sunday morning. An impressive ceremonial parade was held at the Naval base on the occasion which was followed by the traditional 'Pulling Out' ceremony in which the outgoing Commander-in-Chief, Vice Admiral Girish Luthra was ceremonially pulled out in a jeep by Flag Officers and Commanding Officers of ships and naval establishments of Kochi,

amidst emotional 'Jai'- 'Jai' by the men of SNC.

Earlier in the day, Vice Admiral Karve laid wreath at the War Memorial, prior to assuming command, as a tribute to the thousands of martyrs who had fought for the country. The Flag Officer, a native of Maharashtra, had arrived in Kochi on January 28, 2016.



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India’s own submarine assembly workshop inaugurated at Mazgaon

In a major step towards self-sufficiency in the area of submarine construction for the Indian Navy, defence minister Manohar Parrikar inaugurated a state-of-the-art submarine assembly workshop at the Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited on Saturday. Built at a cost of Rs153 crore, the workshop is capable of building five submarines concurrently. This will ensure lesser delays in building submarines in the long run, as well as for the envisaged second line of Scorpene

submarines under Project P 75I.“The project might go through a strategic partner. A strategic

partnership route is being discussed. Once we finalise the modalities, we may go for P75I selection where nearly 40 to 45 per cent of the submarine will have to be built indigenously, ”

said Parrikar.

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High-Speed Spanish Talgo Train Begins Trial Run In India The trial of Spanish train Talgo, the lighter and faster vehicle with speed up to 115 km per hour, was conducted between Bareilly and Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh as part of the Railways' strategy to increase the speed of trains. "It was a smooth ride," said a senior railway official after nine Talgo coaches were hauled by a 4,500 HP diesel engine on the 90-km line for the first trial run.The train left Bareilly at 9.05 AM, moved at a speed ranging between 80-115 km per hour, and reached Moradabad at 10.15 AM, the official said. As of

now, the Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani Express runs at an average speed of 85 km per hour. Besides reducing travel time, Talgo's lighter trains consume 30 per cent less energy.

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30 May

India’s growth to rise to 8 percent in FY2019: Fitch India's economic growth rate will slowly accelerate to 8% by fiscal year ending March 2019, driven by the gradual implementation of structural reforms, higher disposable income and improvement in economic activity, global rating agency Fitch said in a report released on Thursday. Fitch expects India's GDP to grow 7.5% in fiscal year ending March 2016 and improve to 7.7% in the current fiscal year and further to

7.9% in the fiscal year ending March 2018. The global agency said that the passage of the Bankruptcy Code earlier this month showed that implementation of big ticket reforms is possible in India, even though reforms related to land acquisition and a Goods and Services Tax have not passed thus far.

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ISRO to test Air-breathing Propulsion System After successfully testing a technology demonstrator of a reusable launch vehicle, Indian Space

Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to test an air-breathing propulsion system, which aims to capitalise on the oxygen in the atmosphere instead of liquefied oxygen while in flight.“The mission

to test the technology would be launched either in the last week of June or early July from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. The mission would be on a sounding rocket,” K. Sivan,

Director of the Thiruvananthapuram-based Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre told The Hindu.

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India, Australia sign MoU to enhance R&D capabilities in biotech Seeking to stimulate and enhance the strategic research and innovation capabilities of the Indian biotech industry, BIRAC, a PSU under the Ministry of Science and Technology today signed an MoU with Horticulture Innovation Australia for launching a joint funding call.The focus of the call is to undertake horticultural research in order to develop and deploy modern tools of plant biotechnology to improve crop productivity. The funding commitment from BIRAC and Hort Innovation is up to 6 million Australian dollars over a period of three

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Sunrisers Hyderabad beat RCB by 8 runs to lift up IPL season 9

trophy What a shocking turnaround tonight by Sunrisers Hyderabad, to win by 8 runs after Chris Gayle unleashed months-worth of pent-up fury to give Royal Challengers Bangalore an unreal start with a 38-ball 76. Gayle and his captain Virat Kohli shared a 114-run opening partnership, and you'd have thought — I certainly did — that the game was done and dusted. Or at any rate, RCB's to lose.

But Ben Cutting, who had a night he will tell his great-grandkids about, with the bat (a game-snatching cameo of 39 off 15 balls) and the ball (2 for 35), cut into the RCB juggernaut with Gayle's wicket. Then the decline that followed was almost insidious, as Kohli played on, AB de Villiers holed out, KL Rahul had his stumps scissored, and Shane Watson played a shot he could look most aggrieved about. And thanks to the drastic turnarounds engineered by Cutting — in both innings — Sunrisers were able to put one over RCB — led by a driven Kohli — in their own den.

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China signs deals with Sudan to build nuclear reactor China has signed agreements with Sudan, its close ally in Africa to build 600-megawatt atomic reactor, the first such project in the African country, official media reported today. Two framework deals have been signed by state-owned China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) with Sudan on nuclear power development, including building a 600-megawatt atomic reactor, official media China Daily reported.The agreements may involve a blueprint for nuclear power development in the next decade for Sudan and building the first nuclear power station

in the country, the daily quoted a statement issued by the nuclear giant.

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Union Government approves NIMZ in Kalinganagar, Odisha Bhubaneswar, May 26 With the Centre approving Odisha government's proposal to set up a National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) at Kalinga Nagar, Union Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said the first phase of the project will be completed by 2020. "A total of Rs 4,241 crore will be invested in the proposed NIMZ at Kalinga Nagar in Jajpur district. The first phase of the project will be completed by 2020 with initial investment of Rs 3,816 crore," Pradhan told reporters here.Stating that the Union

Ministry of Commerce has estimated that the NIMZ project would create employment opportunities for over 1.5 lakh people, Pradhan thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the approval.



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29 May

Indian author Aditi Krishnakumar wins 2016 Scholastic Asian Book

Award A 31-year-old Indian woman author in Singapore has won the 'Scholastic Asian Book Award' for her 32,000-word manuscript rooted in "love of Indian history". Aditi Krishnakumar won the Singapore dollar 10,000 award this week for her manuscript "Codex: The Lost Treasure Of The Indus". Aditi, who submitted her manuscript hours before deadline last September, said she juggles

writing with her career in finance and ekes out time at night and on weekends to dream up stories."There were times when I thought I'd never be able to meet the dealine, though I managed it in the end," said Aditi who has been living in Singapore for the past three years. "One of my biggest challenges was to not get distracted by the internet," The Straits Times today quoted Aditi as saying.

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Indian-American scientist Arnab De wins Springer Theses Award An Indian-American scientist has received the prestigious Springer Theses Award in recognition for his outstanding research in which he developed transgenic mice to study a critical tumour-suppressor called A20. Arnab De’s thesis was nominated by New York’s Columbia

University. Before this, Mr. De, who has also developed peptide-based prodrugs as therapeutics for diabetes, had received the Young Investigator Award at the American Peptide Symposium.The thesis

prize is awarded by Springer, a leading global publisher of renowned scientific journals and books, to recognise outstanding PhD research.



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Lakshadweep becomes first UT to sign 24×7 ‘Power for All’

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Lakshadweep has become the first Union Territory to sign the document that promises to provide each household access to electricity 24X7 by the year 2019. The document named '24X7 Power for All' also mentions to increase solar capacity of the region from 2.15 MW to 8.45 MW.

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The plan also foresees reduction of Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses from 21 per cent to 6.7 per cent till 2019. This will be done by increasing the collection efficiency up to 99 per cent

As per the report, nearly 1 lakh LED bulbs will be distributed by the UT administration.



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Web Portal launched to promote Net Zero Energy Buildings Ministry of Power and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched India's first integrated web portal designed to promote and mainstream Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) in India. The portal (www.nzeb.in) was launched by Shri Pradeep Kumar Pujari, Secretary, Ministry of Power, and Ambassador Mr Jonathan Addleton, USAID Mission Director to India.A first of its kind, the portal provides complete information about Net Zero Energy Buildings - those that generate as much energy as they use - as well as how to achieve near-zero energy

status through the use of efficient lighting and equipment, integration of renewable energy technologies, and best practice design strategies. In addition, the portal hosts the NZEB Alliance, an industry-wide body setup to drive the Indian markets toward highly energy-efficient buildings.



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28 May

Sunil Bharti Mittal receives this year’s Harvard Alumni award

Sunil Bharti Mittal, the founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises, received the Alumni Achievement Award of Harvard Business School. The award is presented annually since 1968 and is the highest honour given to any alumni of the institute. “I am truly honoured to receive this

recognition. Harvard Business School’s renowned management

program helped me validate and sharpen my work towards putting together the building blocks to create one of the leading global telecom

companies – Bharti Airtel,” said Mittal after receiving the award.



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Indian-American Students Sweep National Geographic Bee Contest Rishi Nair, 12-year-old Indian American student, has won the prestigious $50,000 National Geographic Bee competition in which Indian-origin contestants maintained their dominance by sweeping all the top three slots. Nair, a sixth grader from Florida, took top honours at the 28th annual National Geographic Bee held at the National Geographic headquarters here.

As National Geographic Bee champion, Nair received a $50,000 college scholarship and a lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society. He also wins a trip to Alaska and Glacier Bay National Park. This is the fifth consecutive year that an Indian-American has won the prestigious national tournament. Last year Karan Menon had won the competition.



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Marathi literary critic R G Jadhav passes away

Marathi litterateur R.G. Jadhav, best known for his 91 reflective poems on Mahatma Gandhi, passed away at his residence following a prolonged illness. He was 83. A prolific literary critic,

Professor Jadhav, who was born at Vadodara in Gujarat, taught Marathi literature in various colleges across Maharashtra, including Elphinstone College in Mumbai and Milind College in Aurangabad, among others.Prof. Jadhav presided over the 2004 Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held at Aurangabad and served as chief editor of the ‘Marathi

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Mamata Banerjee sworn-in as West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee was on Friday sworn in as Chief Minister of West Bengal for a second consecutive term in a ceremony on Red Road in Kolkata, witnessed by nearly 25,000 people. A 41-member council of ministers took the oath of office along with Mamata. She later held her first cabinet meeting at Nabanna, where she was given an unprecedented guard of honour by Kolkata Police.Among the new entrants in the ministry were singer Indranil Sen, cricketer Laxmi Ratan Shukla, dissident Marxist leader Adbur Razzak Molla,

powerful Muslim leader Siddiqullah Chowdhury and a couple of former IPS officers.

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Government Approves MoU Between Isro and UAE Space Agency The government Wednesday gave nod for signing an MoU between Isro and the UAE Space Agency (UAESA), a move that will lead to setting up a Joint Working Group between the two agencies and help in cooperation in the exploration of outer space for peaceful purposes.The decision to sign the memorandum of understanding was taken by the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will help in for cooperation in the exploration of outer space for peaceful purposes, especially in the field to study Mars.



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27 May

Six new IITs will come up at Tirupati, Palakkad, Dharwar, Bhilai,

Goa and Jammu while ISM Dhanbad will also be upgraded to an IIT. The Union Cabinet which met today gave its ex post facto approval to amend The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 for incorporation of new IITs at Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Palakkad (Kerala), Dharwar (Karnataka), Bhilai (Chhattisgarh), Goa, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) and conversion of Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad to an IIT under the law."The approval will bring six new Indian Institutes of Technology within the ambit of The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 and declaring them as the institutions of national importance," an official statement said in New Delhi.



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India fifth largest producer of e-waste: Assocham-KPMG study

India, which has emerged as the world’s second largest mobile market, is also the fifth largest producer of e-waste, discarding roughly 18.5 lakh tonnes of electronic waste each year, a study says. Telecom equipment alone accounts for 12 per cent of the e-waste, a joint study by Assocham-KPMG said.Matter of concern

The rising levels of e-waste generation in India have been a matter of concern in recent years. With more than 100 crore mobile phones in circulation, nearly 25 per cent end up in e-waste annually, it said.



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Bharatavani Becomes the Largest Online Repository of Dictionaries

in India on its Very First Day.

The Union HRD Minister, Smt Smriti Zubin Iani launched the multilingual knowledge portal www.bharatvani.in at Lucknow. While launching the app the Minister said that under the Prime Minister Shri Modi's Digital India Mission, Bharatavani App will perform the task of bringing about digital revolution in the county. The Government's mission is to showcase the Indian culture and heritage to the world through the medium of technology.This project is in line with the HRD

Ministry's efforts to not only ensure universalization of education but also towards creation of a knowledge society in the digital age. The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru is implementing this ambitious project of MHRD.



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INS Tarmugli Commissioned into Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam The Navy today commissioned INS Tarmugli, the highly manoeuvrable fast attack craft, at the Eastern Naval Command (ENC). The ship was commissioned into the Navy by ENC's Flag Officer Commanding in Chief Vice Admiral HCS Bisht at a ceremony held at Naval Dockyard here, a Defence release said.

INS Tarmugli would be based in Visakhapatnam under the Naval Officer-in-Charge (Andhra Pradesh) and deployed for coastal patrol and surveillance operations along the eastern coast, it said.

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Pink Panther star, Burt Kwouk passes away

He appeared in seven Pink Panther films opposite Peter Sellers as Clouseau's servant who regularly attacked his employer to keep him alert. He also starred in BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine from 2002 to 2010.

The actor, who was born in Manchester but raised in Shanghai, was awarded an OBE in the 2011 New Year Honours List.

A statement issued by his agent said: "Beloved actor Burt Kwouk has sadly passed peacefully away. The family will be having a private funeral but there will be a memorial at a later date."

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26 May

Diesel vehicles over 10 years banned in Kerala

In a landmark judgement, the National Green Tribunal Circuit Bench here on Monday banned light and heavy diesel vehicles, which are more than 10 years old, in six major cities, including state capital Thiruvananthapuram and commercial capital Kochi, in Kerala.

In its first sitting, the Bench, comprising NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar and expert member Bikram Singh Sajwan, also directed the state government not to register any diesel vehicle in the

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Pinarayi Vijayan takes charge as Kerala Chief Minister

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government led by CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan assumed office, after a 19-member Cabinet was sworn in at the Central Stadium here on Wednesday evening by Governor P. Sathasivam.Besides a huge crowd of the Left cadre and sympathisers from various parts of the State who thronged the venue, the ceremony had the presence of political and cultural leaders, litterateurs, film personalities, and others.



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India signs $100 million loan agreement with World Bank

India today signed a $100 million (about Rs 677 crore) loan agreement with multilateral lending agency World Bank for Karnataka Urban Water Supply Modernisation Project. The project aims to provide access to a continuous piped water supply in various cities in Karnataka and strengthen the service delivery arrangements at the city level, a finance ministry statement said.

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HRD Ministry to launch student tracking system, ASMITA

THE HRD Ministry is set to launch a programme next month that would probably be the world’s largest student tracking system, sources said. Shala Asmita Yojana (SAY) aims to track the educational journey of close to 25 crore school students from Class I to Class XII across 15 lakh schools in the country. In other words, this online database will carry information about student attendance and enrolment, mid-day meal service, learning outcomes and infrastructural facilities, among other things, on one platform for both private and government schools.

Asmita stands for All School Monitoring, Individual Tracing Analysis.



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Union Cabinet approves National Capital Goods Policy 2016

The government on Wednesday approved India’s first-ever national capital goods policy that intends to make the country a world-class hub and looks to create over 21 million additional jobs by 2025. The policy was cleared at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “This is first ever policy for Capital Goods sector with a clear

objective of increasing production of capital goods from Rs 2,30,000 crore in 2014-15 to Rs 7,50,000 crore in 2025 and raising direct and indirect

employment from the current 8.4 million to 30 million,” the government said in a statement.

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25 May

Veteran CPI(M) leader K Anirudhan passes away

CPI(M) veteran and former MLA and MP K Anirudhan, who was 92, passed away at his residence, family sources said today. Anirudhan was suffering from age-related ailments for some time and died last night, the sources said. Known for his significant contribution to build the Communist party movement in southern parts of the state, Anirudhan was elected to the state assembly in 1963, 1965, 1979 and 1980.



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NALCO signs MoU with Iran to set up smelter plant in Chabahar

State-owned major, National Aluminium CompanyBSE -0.12 % Limited (Nalco) and Iran.an Mines & Mining Industries Development Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly explore the possibility of setting up an aluminium smelter in Iran. The signing of the MoU coincides with the visit of prime minister Narendra Modi to Iran.The smelter- cum-gas based power plant, is slated to be part of a joint venture aluminium company to be set up by Nalco in that

country. It will utilize supply of alumina from Nalco's refinery in India. The MoU also envisages tolling arrangement with existing smelters in Iran for producing aluminium from alumina supplied by Nalco and also proposes to look into other businesses.



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Scientist S K Sharma appointed NPCIL's CMD

Eminent scientist S K Sharma was today appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), responsible for design, construction, commissioning and operation of nuclear power reactors. He is presently working as Distinguished Scientist and Director (Operations) in NPCIL. Sharma has been appointed to the new post for a period of five years, an order issued

by Department of Personnel and Training said.



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Sarbananda Sonowal sworn in as first BJP CM of Assam

After 15 years of Congress rule, Assam gets its first BJP government headed by Sarbananda Sonowal. The BJP coalition won a comfortable 86 seats in the 126-member Assembly. The BJP had alliances with smaller parties and ethnic groups like the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), the Bodo People's Front (BPF) and the Rabhas and the Tiwa community, which also paved the way for its stronghold in the state.Live updates:

05.45 p.m.: "The Centre will extend assistance to Assam and other north eastern states for their speedy development as part of the Act East Policy," said Mr. Modi.



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Union Government shortlist 13 Cities for Smart Cities Mission

The Union government on Tuesday announced the names of 13 more cities that will be developed under the Centre’s “Smart City Mission.”

Lucknow in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh tops the list, followed by Warangal in Telangana and Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh.These


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cities were chosen from the 23 that failed to get representation in the first round of a competition held in January, and participated in the “fast-track competition.” The results were announced by

Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday.



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24 May

India’s first reusable space shuttle RLV-TD launched

The Indian Space Research Organization on Monday joined the race to develop a space vehicle that can fly numerous times into space like aeroplanes by successfully conducting the maiden test flight of a Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. “Today, May 23, 2016 ISRO

successfully flight tested India’s first winged body aerospace vehicle

operating in hypersonic flight regime,” ISRO said in an official statement after the test flight.



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India, Oman sign 4 bilateral agreements on defence cooperation

Defence minister Manohar Parrikar , accompanied by a high level delegation, visited Oman from May 20-22 at the invitation of minister responsible for Defence Affairs of Oman Badr Bin Saud Bin Harib Al Busaidi, during which four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and a protocol were signed between the two nations.Raksha Mantri was accompanied by a high-level official delegation comprising Ashok

Gupta, secretary in defence production; Dr S Christopher , secretary in Research and Development, and director general of the Defence Research and Development Organisation; Lieutenant General MMS Rai, Vice Chief of Army Staff.

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India, Iran and Afghanistan sign historic land transit trade

agreement

The accord, which calls for joint investments, will significantly boost the role of the under-tapped port of Chabahar connecting Iran through India and Afghanistan to central Asia.Earlier, India and Iran signed a deal to develop the port, which is in the Gulf of Oman on Iran's southern coast. The deal was described as a "game-changer" by both sides. PM Modi said India will open a $500-million line of credit to develop Chabahar

into a regional trading hub.This is the first foreign port in which India is involved to this extent.



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Gujarat Government launches Smart Village program

Chief minister Anandiben Patel is expected to launch the smart village programme on May 22, the second anniversary of her government. She will felicitate villages that have 100% toilet facility. The CM will attend the Accessible India campaign workshop on May 21. The CM will also attend Lok Samvad Setu programme in Umparpada and Ankleswhar in central Gujarat on May 20, and in Olpad and Choryasi on May 19. Patel will be present at an education department workshop and announce

various projects on May 25. She will dedicate a new science college and girls' hostel in Jetpur in Rajkot on May 31.



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J. Jaiyalalithaa takes oath as Tamil Nadu CM for sixth time

J Jayalalithaa took oath for the sixth time as Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister today and began a historic second straight term by getting started on the promise of prohibition in the state. The Chief Minister has ordered 500 government-run liquor shops shut to start with, and has said liquor outlets can be open only from 12 pm to 10 pm.Most parties in Tamil Nadu had promised prohibition, hoping to win over women voters with a move that has clicked in Bihar. After her spectacular election victory

against all odds, Ms Jayalalithaa also made good on other poll promises such as waiving farm loans and sanctioning 100 units of power free in all homes and gold mangalsutras or sacred threads worn by married women.



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23 May

Anurag Thakur unanimously elected BCCI president

Anurag Thakur was on Sunday unanimously elected as the BCCI president, while Ajay Shirke was chosen as secretary in a smooth change of guard at a time when the world's richest Board is sailing through choppy waters.The 41-year-old Thakur replaced Shashank Manohar who quit the position to take up the ICC chairman's job. The Maharashtra Cricket Association chief and business magnate Shirke expectedly filled in the secretary's post which

was left vacant by Thakur's resignation on Saturday. Senior BCCI vice-president CK Khanna chaired the Special General Meeting (SGM) and announced Thakur's name for the top job.



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President appoints Kiran Bedi as Lieutenant Governor of

Puducherry

BJP leader and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi was, on Sunday, appointed Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, a post that has been vacant for the past two years. The Union Territory was under the additional charge of Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.A Rashtrapati Bhawan communiqué said: “The President has been pleased to appoint Ms. Kiran Bedi to be the Lt. Governor of Puducherry with effect from the date she

assumes charges of her office.”



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After Ebola outbreak, World Bank creates pandemic insurance plan

The World Bank announced on Saturday a new program to mobilize funds quickly against virulent disease outbreaks after the world was caught unprepared in the 2014 Ebola disaster in West Africa.World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said the new Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF) will accelerate global and national responses to disease outbreaks that threaten large populations and fragile economies.





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Tinlianthang Vaiphei appointed New Tripura High Court chief

justice

The president has appointed Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei as the new chief justice of the Tripura High Court, officials said on Saturday. A senior judicial official of Tripura High Court said that union law and justice ministry in a notification on Friday said the president had appointed Justice Vaiphei, senior-most judge of the Tripura High Court. The official said that Justice Vaiphei, 60, who was administered oath of

office by the Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy on May 16, replaced Deepak Kumar Gupta, who was transferred as the chief justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court.



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Border with Bangladesh to be sealed

Listing two priorities for the new government in Assam, Chief Minister-to-be Sarbananda Sonowal said on Saturday that sealing of the borders with Bangladesh in two years and completion of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be done to put an end to infiltration."We have promised to the people of Assam that the two key priorities of our government would be complete sealing of the border and completion of NRC before the elections.



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22 May

SBI associate banks merger to cost Rs 1,660 crore: Moody

The merger of five associate banks and newly created Bharatiya Mahila Bank with SBI will cost $250 million (around Rs 1,660 crore) and have limited impact on the lender's credit metrics, ratings agency Moody's Investors Service said today. Earlier this week, country's biggest lender State Bank of IndiaBSE -0.47 % had proposed merger of five associate banks and Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) with itself.



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Roger Federer withdraws from French Open

Roger Federer has withdrawn from this year's French Open after failing to recover from a back injury. The 34-year-old did not play in the Madrid Open earlier this month after hurting his back during practice for the tournament.Federer returned for the Italian Open but was beaten in the third round by Dominic Thiem. "I have been making steady progress, but I am still not 100%," said the world number three. "I feel I might be taking an unnecessary risk by playing in this event before I am really ready.



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Anti-Terrorism Day Celebrated

Anti-Terrorism Day was observed by the Waltair Division of East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Friday. Divisional Railway Manager Chadralekha Mukherjee took the pledge and administered the same to all officers and staff of all departments. All the units and stations over Waltair Division observed Anti-Terrorism dDy, according to Divisional Commercial Manager P. Ch. Ramu Naidu.Anti-terrorism day is observed throughout

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Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The objective behind the observance of Anti-Terrorism Day is to wean away the people from terrorism & violence and to generate awareness in the country among all sections of people.



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Centre sets up panel to relook defence spend

The NDA government has appointed a committee of experts to recommend measures to enhance the combat capabilities of the over 13-lakh strong armed forces and "re-balance" the overall defence expenditure in view of the escalating salary and pension bills.The 11-member committee led by Lt Gen D B Shekatkar (retd), which includes several other top military officers as well as civilian experts, has been given three months to chalk out an action plan.



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U.S. House votes for enhanced defence cooperation with India

The U.S House of Representatives has passed amendments to the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA)-2017, seeking to enhance the country’s

defence cooperation with India. A similar bill is under the consideration of the Senate also.The bipartisan move of the U.S Congress seeks to bring India at par with NATO allies for technology and equipment sale. Once signed into law by the president, these provisions will liberalise the sale of a wide

range of technologies to India, bypassing bureaucratic and legislative approvals. It also seeks to open a special office in the Pentagon dedicated exclusively to the U.S.-India Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI).



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21 May

Tsai Ing-wen sworn-in as first women President of Taiwan

Ms Tsai, seen as an unassuming but determined leader, led the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to a landslide win in elections in January. The DPP has traditionally leaned towards independence from China, which sees Taiwan as a breakaway province.

In the past, it has threatened to take the island by force if necessary. It still has hundreds of missiles pointing towards the island.



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Indian Women’s relay team sets new national record

Till a month ago, there was no specific plan for the women’s 4×100 metre

relay team ahead of the Rio Olympics. The focus was on the longer relay — the women’s 4×400 metres — an event around which anticipation increases before a major competition though the last time they reached an Olympic final was 12 years ago in Athens. However, one race forced the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to look beyond the quarter-milers and take a closer

look at what the sprinters were doing. This particular race was the women’s 100 metres final at

the 20th Federation Cup held in New Delhi.



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Apple announces opening of its map development centre in

Hyderabad

Apple announced the opening of a new office in Hyderabad that will focus on development of its Maps product. This investment will accelerate Maps development and create up to 4,000 jobs, says the company. “Apple is focused on making the best products and services in the world and we are thrilled to open this new office in Hyderabad which will focus on Maps development,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO in a

press statement. “The talent here in the local area is incredible and we are

looking forward to expanding our relationships and introducing more universities and partners to our platforms as we scale our operations.”



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Ban appoints Mexican diplomat to head UN climate change

framework

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has appointed a veteran Mexican diplomat as the head of the global body's newly upgraded climate change office which last year oversaw the international negotiations, leading to a historic climate pact.Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, 57, was appointed the Executive Secretary of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by UN Secretary-General Ban.



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HRD ministry to bring IIT preparation app

Aiming to combat the “menace” of coaching, the Human Resource

Development Ministry is coming up with a mobile app and portal containing free lectures from IIT faculty on various subjects and previous years’

question papers of entrance tests to these prestigious engineering institutions. HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said it has also been decided that the questions in the IIT-JEE entrance test would conform to Class 12

syllabus.



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20 May

Indian short film ‘Beti’ at Seattle film festival

“Beti”, a non-fiction short film on girl child education, made by young student filmmakers of the city, has been invited for a special screening at the 42nd Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), Washington DC.

It is the only short film from India to be featured amongst 421 films representing 85 countries, the filmmakers claimed. It’s a four minute documentary.



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Indian journalist Philip Abraham elected Deputy Mayor in UK

An Indian journalist has been unanimously elected the Deputy Mayor of Loughton town in the UK, it was announced on Thursday. “Councillor

Philip Abraham has been elected unanimously as the Deputy Mayor of Loughton,” the announcement said.Councillor Carol Davis, the newly-elected mayor presented the Deputy Mayor’s Badge to Mr. Philip

Abraham. The Deputy Mayor normally goes on to become the Mayor for the following year.



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Joe Root, Anya Shrubsole & Charlotte Edwards win England Cricket

awards

The 25-year-old Yorkshire player won both Test and one-day international awards and was also voted Player of the Year by England supporters. Somerset bowler Anya Shrubsole, 24, is the England Women's Cricketer of the Year for the first time.

Former women's skipper Charlotte Edwards, who retired last week, is the fans' Women's Player of the Year. It is the second year in succession Root has won the England men's award.



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Scientists develop world’s first Zika virus clone

In a world-first, scientists have genetically engineered a clone of the Zika virus strain, an advance that may aid the development of vaccine and therapies against the infection which has been linked to serious birth defects.Cloning the virus unlocks scientists ability to more quickly develop countermeasures and explore whether or how the Zika virus has evolved to spread more quickly and cause more severe diseases in people.



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Syamantak Payra wins Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award

A 15-year-old Indian-American boy has won the prestigious 'Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award' for developing a low-cost electronically-aided knee brace that allows a person with a weakened leg to walk more naturally.Syamantak Payra, a Texas resident, won the USD 50,000 award along with 17-year-old Kathy Liu. The award was given by Intel Corporation and the Society for Science and the Public (SSP) at

the 2016 'Intel International Science and Engineering Fair' in Arizona last week.



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19 May

NASA Super Pressure Balloon Begins Globetrotting Journey

NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon (SPB) from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, at 11:35 a.m. Tuesday, May 17, (7:35 p.m. EDT Monday, May 16) on a potentially record-breaking, around-the-world test flight. The purpose of the flight is to test and validate the SPB technology with the goal of long-duration flight (100+ days) at mid-latitudes. In addition, the gondola is carrying the Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) gamma-ray telescope as a mission of opportunity.

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World’s first robot lawyer ‘ROSS’ hired by US law firm

The world's first artificial intelligence lawyer has been employed by a law firm in the US, which will use the robot to assist its various teams in legal research. The robot called 'ROSS' is built upon Watson , IBM's cognitive computer. With the support of Watson's cognitive computing and natural language processing capabilities, lawyers can ask ROSS their research question and the robot reads through the law, gathers evidence, draws inferences and returns highly relevant, evidence-based answers.



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World Bank approves $625 m loan to support rooftop solar

programme in India

The World Bank's Board has approved $625 million loan to support India's grid connected rooftop solar programme to generate clean energy.

The Board also approved a co-financing loan of $120 million on concessional terms and a $5 million grant from Climate Investment Fund's (CIF) Clean Technology Fund.




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Nuclear Capable Prithvi-II missile test fired from Odisha

India today successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile as part of a user trial by the army from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha. The trial of the surface-to-surface missile was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at around 0940 hrs, defence sources said.



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HDFC Bank launches Smart Up for startups

HDFC Bank has launched SmartUp, a dedicated solution for startups, to fulfil all their banking needs. SmartUp has been launched in association with Zone Startups India (ZSI), a Mumbai-based start-up accelerator. "SmartUp is tailored to meet all the requirements of a startup, offering banking and payment solutions, along with advisory and forex services," HDFC Bank said.


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18 May

IIT-Kharagpur’s Nandini Bhandaru wins European Materials

Research Society Award

Nandini Bhandaru, a PhD student at IIT-Kharagpur, has bagged the European Materials Research Society's (E-MRS's) Young Scientist Award for her contribution to materials science, the institute said on Monday.Nandini won the award at E-MRS's 2016 Spring Meeting based on her outstanding contribution to materials science and nanotechnology, particularly nano-patterning of soft films and surfaces, said an IIT-Kharagpur statement.



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South Korean author Han Kang wins 2016 Man Booker

International Prize

The book was translated by Deborah Smith, who only started teaching herself Korean in 2010. Judging panel chairman Boyd Tonkin said South Korean author Han Kang's work was "unforgettably powerful and original".The writer and her British translator will split the award's £50,000 prize money. The pair saw off competition from Turkish Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk, Italian writer Elena Ferrante, Angolan wordsmith Jose

Eduardo Agualusa, Chinese author Yan Lianke and Austrian novelist Robert Seethaler to take the prize.

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4 Indians posthumously honoured with UN’s Dag Hammarskjold

Medal

Four Indian peacekeepers and a civilian, who laid down their lives while serving in the U.N. peacekeeping operations last year, will be honoured along with other 124 personnel with a prestigious U.N. medal awarded posthumously for their courage and sacrifice.The fallen Indian peacekeepers who will be honoured with the Dag Hammarskjold Medal on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers are Head Constable Shubhkaran Yadav, Rifleman Manish Malik, Havildar Amal Deka, Naik

Rakesh Kumar and Gagan Punjabi.



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Justice Deepak Gupta sworn-in as Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High

Court

Justice Deepak Gupta was today sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court. Chhattisgarh Governor Balram Das Tandon administered him the oath of office at a function at Raj Bhawan here.Gupta was earlier the Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court. Chhattisgarh Chief MinisterRaman Singh, Speaker of the state Assembly Gaurishankar Agarwal, state cabinet ministers and others were present on the occasion.



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India, US hold first Maritime Security Dialogue

Towards deepening the evolving partnership in the maritime domain, India and the U.S. held the first round of discussions under the recently-constituted maritime security dialogue between officials of Defence and External Affairs ministries and their U.S. counterparts.“Among the issues

discussed were Asia-Pacific maritime challenges, naval cooperation, and multilateral engagement,” the U.S. Embassy said in a statement on

Monday.



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17 May

Max Verstappen becomes youngest Formula 1 winner

Max Verstappen of Red Bull became Formula One’s youngest race

winner at age 18 with a victory at the Spanish Grand Prix after Mercedes teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg crashed into each other on the first lap on Sunday.Verstappen took advantage of the early crash involving the favourites and held on for the victory only a few days after moving up from feeder team Toro Rosso in a controversial driver switch with Daniil Kvyat. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen was second and teammate

Sebastian Vettel third. Verstappen’s teammate, Daniel Ricciardo, finished fourth.



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Former Test cricketer Deepak Shodhan passes away

Deepak Shodhan, India’s oldest Test cricketer, died at his residence in Ahmedabad on Monday. He was 87 and 210 days old. “He had respiratory

issues and died of a heart attack. The Shodhan family was at his residence,” said Gokul, son of Deepak Shodhan’s elder brother Jyotindra

who is 91 and lives in Ahmedabad. Jyotindra is the oldest living Gujarat cricketer who played the Ranji Trophy. A relative told The Hindu that Shodhan was diagnosed with cancer. Shodhan was a left-hand batsman

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Justice Mukul Mudgal appointed FIFA Governance Committee as

deputy chairman

In a major development for Indian football and judiciary, world governing body FIFA has turned to Justice Mukul Mudgal, who has been appointed as deputy chairman of its governance committee. The former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana, who headed the IPL spot-fixing probe, said is aware of his appointment.“I have seen it on the website though I

am yet to receive an official confirmation from them. I feel honoured as it is a big thing for Indian judiciary,”.



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UR Rao becomes first Indian to be awarded IAF’s ‘Hall of Fame’

Award

Former Isro Chairman Prof UR Rao became the first Indian to be given the 'Hall of Fame' award by the International Astronautical Federation ( IAF ).

An Isro press note issued in Bengaluru said that the award has been given for his "outstanding contribution to the progress of astronautics within the framework of the IAF activities."



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China launches Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite

China successfully launched a remote sensing satellite on Sunday to carry out land surveys and disaster relief. The satellite named Yaogan-30 was launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwestern China's Gobi Desert.

The satellite will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Yaogan-30 was carried by a Long March-2D rocket, the 227th

mission for the Long March rocket family.



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16 May

Justice Naveen Sinha sworn-in as Chief Justice of Rajasthan High

Court

Justice Navin Sinha was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court on Saturday. Governor Kalyan Singh administered the oath to the new Chief Justice. Sinha was earlier the chief justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court.Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Assembly Speaker Kailash Meghwal, members of the council of ministers, judges and senior officers of the state government

attended the ceremony held at Raj Bhawan.



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India successfully test-fires advanced interceptor missile

In its effort to have a full fledged multi-layer Ballistic Missile Defence system, India on Sunday, successfully test-fired its indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile, capable of destroying any incoming hostile ballistic missile, from a test range off Odisha coast.“The test conducted to validate various parameters of the interceptor in flight mode has been successful,” Defence Research

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Parkash Singh panel submits report on Jat quota Agitation

The Prakash Singh probe panel constituted to probe lapses on part of civil and police administration officials during Jat agitation in February has castigated over 90 officers including IAS/IPS officers besides various state cadre officers for lapses on their part. The panel Friday submitted its report to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.The Committee produced a comprehensive report within a period of 71 days.

“The state government shall examine all aspects of the report and take appropriate action at the

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India inks Project Collaboration Agreement with WHO to promote

traditional medicine

India has signed an agreement with World Health Organisation for cooperation in promoting traditional medicine, a move which will deliver for the first time WHO benchmark document for training in yoga , ayurveda , unani and panchakarma." AYUSH Ministry and WHO have signed a historic Project Collaboration Agreement (PCA) for cooperation on promoting the quality, safety and effectiveness of service provision in

traditional and complementary medicine.



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Indian Women Thrash Australia 5-0 in Uber Cup

Indian women made a stupendous start to their campaign at the Uber Cup badminton tournament by thrashing Australia 5-0 here on Monday.The Indian women, who had created history by clinching the bronze medal in the last edition at New Delhi, won all the three singles and both the doubles to grab maximum points at the Kunshan Sports Center Stadium here.

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15 May

SEBI approves Ashok Chawla as NSE chairman

Ashok Chawla, the former chief of fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI), has become the chairman of the National Stock Exchange (NSE).Capital market watchdog SEBI has approved the appointment and Mr. Chawla’s tenure as chairman would be till

March 27, 2019, an NSE spokesperson said on Friday. Last month, the leading bourse had inducted Mr. Chawla into its board as a Public Interest Director.



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2016 Red Flag Aerial combat exercises concludes in the US

The Air Forces of India and the U.S. concluded their four-week “Red

Flag” aerial combat exercises at Alaska in the U.S. on Saturday. The two

forces simulated realistic aerial combat scenarios in a networked environment.The Indian Air Force (IAF) flew 10 aircraft: four Su-30MKIs, four Jaguars and two IL-78 aerial refuelling tankers. A team of over 170 personnel was part of the exercises held from April 28 to May

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India first Solar-Powered Train Set For Trial In Jodhpur

In line with the Indian Railways ‘Solar Mission’, to reduce dependency on

fossil fuels, its north western division will soon commence trials of coaches fitted with solar panels which will power all the electrical appliances inside a train.The first trial run will be conducted in the next three to four days in Jodhpur, NWR Public Relations Officer Gopal Sharma told. The work on one rake of Diesel Electric Multiple Unit

(DEMU), which has six coaches, has already been completed by Noida-based firm Jakson Engineers Limited (JEL). The firm was awarded a Rs 1.57-crore contract last October by the Indian Railways Organisation for Alternate Fuels for fitting solar panels on 50 DEMU coaches.



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Fifa Appoints Fatma Samoura As First Female Secretary General

Senegal's Fatma Samoura has been appointed as Fifa's first female secretary general. Mrs Samoura succeeds former secretary general Jerome Valcke, who was banned from football-related activity for 12 years.Vishala Sri-Pathma reports. Fatma Samoura, who is currently based in Nigeria for the UN Development Program, will be responsible for the day-today running of football's world governing body.



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PM Narendra Modi, Sri Lankan President release Simhastha

Declaration

Releasing the ‘Simhastha Declaration’ in Ninora village in Ujjain, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the capacity of Kumbh organisers. “Can we not tell the world about our organizing capacity with an event

like the Kumbh,”asked Mr. Modi. “Look at our polls, its a wonder for the

world...a nation so big & many voters. And see how EC organises elections,” he added, speaking at the valedictory session of

the Mahakumbh.Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena who released the declaration along with Mr. Modi, pointed out that his first visit after being elected as President was to India. “And in a few weeks, you came to Sri Lanka,” he said to Mr. Modi.



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14 May

Cabinet approves India's first IPR policy

The Cabinet has approved the national intellectual property rights (IPR) policy with a view to promoting creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.The aim is to create awareness about economic, social and cultural benefits of IPRs among all sections of society, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said while briefing reporters about yesterday's Cabinet decisions.



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Sanjiv Misra appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of Axis Bank

Axis Bank today said its board has appointed Sanjiv Misra, a retired bureaucrat, as Non- Executive Chairman for a period of five years. The appointment came a day after he resigned as the bank's Non-Executive Chairman as a SUUTI nominee.The Board today appointed Misra as an independent director and Non-Executive Chairman for a period of five years, the country's third largest private lender said in a statement.



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Niti Aayog to replace 5-year plans with 15-year vision document

The government has decided to replace the Nehruvian Five-year Plans being followed for over six decades with a 15-year vision document to be prepared by the NITI Aayog that will cover internal security and defence.Earlier, Five-year Plans did not cover subjects like internal security and defence as the policy documents focussed on sectors such as infrastructure, commerce, education and health.



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ICICI Bank launches business credit card with Jet Airways

ICICI Bank on Thursday launched the country’s first contactless business

credit card in association with Jet Airways for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their employees. Christened ‘Jet Airways ICICI

Bank Business Advantage Card’, India's largest private sector bank, in a

statement said, this co-branded credit card will help customers to save on their business expenses.It will also provide customers opportunities to

earn JPMiles on both spends as well as repayments of credit card on a list of business expense categories, including travel, dining, office stationery, online advertising and vendor payments.



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AR Rahman Joins as Goodwill Ambassador for Rio Olympics

Oscar winning music composer A R Rahman on Thursday agreed to be the Goodwill Ambassador of the Indian Olympic contingent, joining cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, ace shooter Abhinav Bindra and Bollywood star Salman Khan.

Tendulkar, Salman and Olympic gold medallist Bindra had earlier accepted the role offered by the Indian Olympic Association. The IOA

said that it has also received an official written confirmation from Rahman.



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13 May

NASA’s Kepler telescope finds largest trove of exoplanets

The largest trove of planets outside Earth's solar system - 1 284 in all - was announced on Tuesday, more than doubling the number of known exoplanets found with the Kepler space telescope, Nasa said on Tuesday."This announcement more than doubles the number of confirmed planets from Kepler," said Ellen Stofan, chief scientist at Nasa headquarters in Washington. "This gives us hope that somewhere out there, around a star much like ours, we can eventually discover another Earth."

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Shashank Manohar elected unopposed as ICC’s first independent

Chairman

Veteran cricket administrator Shashank Manohar was on Thursday elected unopposed as ICC’s first independent Chairman, two days after he stepped down from the post of BCCI President. The 58-year-old was elected to the post after the ICC Full Council’s approval of constitutional amendments

proposed by the Board following its April meeting. Manohar, who on Tuesday resigned as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, is the first elected independent Chairman of the game’s governing body and will commence his two-year term with immediate effect.



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President of India to present National Florence Nightingale Awards

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will present the National Florence Nightingale Awards to nursing personnel tomorrow (May 12, 2014) at Rashtrapati Bhavan on the occasion of International Nurses Day.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India instituted the National Florence Nightingale Awards in 1973 as a mark of recognition for the meritorious services of nurses. Until 2014 a total of 306 nurses were decorated with this award. This year, 35 nursing personnel will

be conferred with the Florence Nightingale Awards. The Award carries Rs. 50, 000/- cash, a certificate, a citation certificate and a Medal.

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UP Government approves ‘bicycle highway’ between Taj and lion

safari

With a view to encourage eco-tourism in the vicinity of the Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh Cabinet today gave its nod to develop over 197 km long 'bicycle highway' from Agra up to the lion safari in Etawah. The Cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav approved the 'bicycle highway' which will not run along the Agra-Etawah main road but will cover various historical and tourism centres, an official spokesman said.

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Obama Honours Indian-American Teacher Revathi Balakrishnan

An Indian-American woman elementary teacher from Texas has been honored by US President Barack Obama at the White House for her excellent work in the field of education. Revathi Balakrishnan, a gifted teacher at Patsy Sommer Elementary School, was also named 2016 'Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year'."It is not work for me. It is actually a passion," said 53-year-old Austin-based Ms Balakrishnan who has taught in the district's talented and gifted programmes for nine years.



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12 May

Reliance Jio launches JioMoney Wallet service

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd's (R-Jio) digital wallet app JioMoney has made a quiet debut on Google Play Store. JioMoney is a semi-closed prepaid wallet that aims to enable mobile-based transactions, where customers can store money and use it for purchasing goods and services.With its Jio Money digital wallet, the company aims to enable mom-and-pop shops to accept cashless payments through smartphones.



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Harish Rawat led Congress Government wins the Floor Test in

Uttarakhand Assembly

The Supreme Court on Wednesday put the Harish Rawat-led Congress government back in the saddle in Uttarakhand, allowing the central government to revoke President’s rule following Rawat’s victory in

Tuesday’s floor test. A bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh accepted Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi’s plea that the

Centre wanted to withdraw the proclamation for President’s rule in the

course of the day to enable Rawat to take charge as chief minister.



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US actor William Schallert passes away

He appeared in everything from Star Trek to the Oscar-winning film In The Heat Of The Night, as well as serving as president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1979 to 1981. Most recently, he guest starred in Desperate Housewives and True Blood.His son said that he died at his home in California. A cause of death has not been specified. Born in 1922, Schallert appeared in numerous hit shows in the 1950s, 60s and 70s - including Hawaii Five-O, Gunsmoke, The Waltons, Bewitched, Quincy and Bonanza - but began his career on stage at university, where

he was directed in a production of Somerset Maugham's Rain by Charlie Chaplin.



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Uma Bharti launches Ganga rejuvenation in Jharkhand

Union Minister Uma Bharti on Monday launched nine projects under Namami Gange programme for cleaning and conserving river Ganga in Jharkhand's Sahibganj district.The Namami Gange programme was first announced by the central government in July 2014 and consists primarily of efforts to prevent agricultural runoff and human waste from flowing into Ganga. The programme, to be implemented in a number of states, including Jharkhand, was allocated Rs.2,037 crore.



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BAFTA TV awards 2016 has been announced

Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick presented the first award of the evening, best drama, to Wolf Hall. The pair are in the UK to promote animated movie Trolls and joked that they hadn't watched any of the nominated shows.

Leigh Francis aka Keith Lemon seemed genuinely delighted with his award for entertainment performance for Celebrity Juice. He was presented with the trophy by Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon.



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11 May

Parliament Passes Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2016

Hijacking of an aircraft will now entail capital punishment in the event of death of "any person" as Parliament today passed a bill to provide widen the ambit of the law in dealing with this crime.The Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2014, was approved by the Lok Sabha by voice vote. It was passed by the Rajya Sabha earlier. In the earlier bill, hijackers could be tried for death penalty only in the event of death of hostages, such as flight crew, passengers and security personnel.



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Shashank Manohar steps down as BCCI President

Shashank Manohar has resigned as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC). His move comes in anticipation of him being re-nominated as ICC chief during the governing body’s annual board meeting scheduled for

next month.When Mr. Manohar took over as BCCI president for a second term last October, days after the demise of then president, Jagmohan Dalmiya, he was designated as the ICC chairman. However, with the ICC set to revert to its old rule of not allowing its chief to hold a post in his/her

home board, Mr. Manohar has stepped down.



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Govt. starts UBIN drive for budding entrepreneurs

The government has started the process for issuance of Unique Business Identification Number (UBIN) to enable budding entrepreneurs set up their business without any delays, a top official said.“Department of

Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) has begun an exercise for issuance of UBIN for budding entrepreneurs to start their new businesses without any delay,” DIPP Secretary Ramesh Abhishek said. Delivering his

remarks at a seminar, Abhishek also said that top bureaucracy has been activated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to produce results well within

targeted time and in India it is no longer a business as usual, according to a release issued by PHD Chamber of Commerce.



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Nagaland Police receives smart policing award

The SMS-based Vehicle Monitoring System of Nagaland police has bagged the National Award for Smart Policing instituted by Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), police said on Saturday.The award for the Best Practice in the category of Road Safety and Traffic Management was presented to Nagaland Police by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary at a function in New Delhi on Friday, a release issued by Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone-2, K P A Ilyas said.



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India to launch ‘112’ single emergency number on 1 Jan 2017

The single emergency number '112' will be operational throughout India from January 1, 2017 to help people reach immediate services of police, ambulance and fire department."Single emergency number '112' will be operational from January 1," a senior government official told.



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10 May

India ranks ninth in 2015 Crony-Capitalism Index

India is ranked at ninth position in crony-capitalism with crony sector wealth accounting for 3.4 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), according to a new study by The Economist.In India, the non-crony

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sector wealth amounts to 8.3 per cent of the GDP, as per the latest crony-capitalism index. In 2014 ranking also, India stood at the ninth place.



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Indian Railways launches Bharat Darshan Tourist train for pilgrims

Railways has launched the Bharat Darshan Tourist train for pilgrims to visit Shirdi, Tirupati, Jagannath Puri, Gangasagar, Baidyanath Dham and Jyotirlingams among others.Comprising 10 coaches, the train begins the “East Darshan” on May 8 from Chandigarh and travelling from Delhi

Cantonment to cover Jagannath Puri, Gangasagar, Baidyanath Dham, Gaya, Banaras and Ayodhya.



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Gujarat Government accords minority status to Jain community

Gujarat Government today issued a government resolution (GR) giving minority status to the Jain community. Transport Minister and BJP state unit chief Vijay Rupani made the announcement in Ahmedabad.The previous UPA Government at the Centre had conferred the minority status on the community at the national level in January 2014.



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Indian-origin Murali Pillai elected to Singapore Parliament

An Indian-origin lawyer from Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) has been elected member of the parliament following his victory in the by-election held at suburban Bukit Batok constituency.Murali Pillai garnered 61.21 per cent of the votes, while Singapore Democratic Party's Chee Soon Juan got 38.79 per cent of votes.



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SpaceX successfully launches Japanese JCSAT-14 Satellite

The booster settled softly onto the deck of SpaceX's robotic "Of Course I Still Love You" droneship at 1:30 a.m. EDT (0530 GMT) on Friday (May 6), nine minutes after launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on a successful mission to carry the Japanese communications satellite JCSAT-14 to orbit.Chants of "USA! USA! USA!" erupted at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California as the Falcon 9 stuck its landing on the ship, which was stationed about 200 miles (320 kilometers)

offshore in the Atlantic Ocean.

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9 May

Asia’s first Rice Technology Park in Gangavati

The State government has decided to go ahead with the establishment of Asia’s first Rice Technology Park in Gangavati in Koppal district and a

Maize Technology Park at Ranebennur in Haveri district on the public-private participation model as a one-stop solution to all problems of rice and maize growers.These parks would pave the way for opening new avenues for rice and maize growers to add value to their produce and get better returns and also enhance quality of the produce. While the rice park is being

established at Navali-Karatagi villages on the outskirts of Gangavati, the maize park is to be come up in the APMC market yard at Ranebennur.



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Cameroon Footballer Patrick Ekeng dies after collapsing on pitch

Dinamo Bucharest and Cameroon midfielder Patrick Ekeng has died aged 26 of a suspected heart attack after collapsing on the pitch. Ekeng fell to the floor in the 70th minute of a televised Romanian league match between Dinamo and Viitorul.He was pronounced dead in hospital two hours later. The Romanian Football Federation announced on Saturday the Romanian Cup final between Dinamo and Cluj would be put back a week to 17 May. It said all games scheduled for this weekend would be postponed.



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Atomic oxygen detected in Mar’s atmosphere by Scientists

Scientists have detected atomic oxygen in the Martian atmosphere for the first time since the last observation 40 years ago. Atomic oxygen -- an elemental form of oxygen that does not exist in Earth's atmosphere -- affects how other gases escape Mars and therefore has a significant impact on the planet's atmosphere.An instrument onboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) - a joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Center - helped detect these atoms in the upper layers of the

Martian atmosphere known as the mesosphere, NASA said in a statement.



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Australia offers multiple-entry visa to Indians

To boost Australia's future tourism growth, a three-year multiple-entry visitor visa for India will be implemented by July 2016 on a trial basis, according to an Australian High Commission press release.This will allow entry into Australia multiple times on the same visa and each stay will be valid up to three months, the release said.



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Enda Kenny re-elected as Prime Minister of Ireland

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny won narrow re-election today on his fourth try, ending 70 days of deadlock and clearing the way for an exceptionally fragile minority government.Kenny received 59 votes, with 49 against, in the 158-member parliament - by far the fewest votes ever received for a winning premier in Ireland, a nation used to coalition governments with stable majorities. Speculation mounted on how long this government, dozens of votes short of a majority, might survive.



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8 May

Rohit Sharma unveils India’s first sports expo

Cricketer Rohit Sharma on Thursday inaugurated the Pune International Sports Expo at the Agriculture College Ground. Shooter Gagan Narang was also present on the ceremony.It is the first sports expo being held in the country organised by city-based Steps Sports Entertainment Private Limited and will be open for public till May 8. It is organised to showcase various products and modern technologies for fitness and sports by Indian as well as multinational brands.



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Corp Bank gets MSME award

Corporation Bank has been awarded the “Excellence Award on

Empowering MSMEs 2016” instituted by the Federation of Industry, Trade and Services [FITS].Bank Managing Director and CEO Jai Kumar Garg received the award from Kalraj Mishra, Union Minister for MSMEs, at New Delhi on Tuesday, a release from the bank said.



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Railway minister launches new train services for J&K

A train journey through the mountains is something that any traveller would love to experience. And if that particular journey happens to be in the picturesque state of Jammu and Kashmir, there isn't anything more that he can ask for.Almost eight years after a train was introduced in this land of the mountains, Northern Railways on Thursday launched four new DEMU (Diesel Electric Multiple Unit) trains in the valley.

The trains will play on the Banihal to Baramulla and Baramulla to Budgam routes respectively.



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Shashi Kapoor’s Biography released

A biography of veteran actor Shashi Kapoor, unveiling the chapters of his personal and professional life, released on Friday. The biography titled “Shashi Kapoor – the Householder, the Star”, has been authored by film

journalist Aseem Chhabra and it attempts to delve into the nature and nurture of the 78-year-old actor. Sharing the news, filmmaker Karan Johar took to Twitter on Friday and posted: Shashi Kapoor: The

Householder, The Star, written by Aseem Chabbra…and forward by yours truly! It’s out now”.



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Govt. retires 33 tax officials for non-performance

Sending out a strong message on non-performance, the Centre on Thursday issued ‘premature retirement’ orders to 33 officers of the revenue

services. “There is a general perception that no action is taken against the defaulting tax officials for their non-performance as well as in case of harassing the tax assesses among others. The current government has taken various steps to change this perception following the principle of good governance.\



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ICICI Bank signs MoU with New Development Bank

ICICI Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a strategic partnership with the New Development Bank (NDB), a multilateral development bank established by the BRICS states, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.KV Kamath, president, New Development Bank, who was the chairman of ICICI Bank before assuming his present role, said, “Our mandate prescribes partnering with

local development banks in member countries and this MoU will enable NDB to leverage the deep market access and insight of ICICI Bank in India’s financial markets.



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7 May

SBI launches new mobile-based payment app for customers

The country's largest bank State Bank of India which is giving tough competition to private sector lenders in digital innovations has now launched 'mVisa' - a mobile-based payments solution.The service will enable customers to make payments from their smartphones, by simply scanning the unique merchant Quick Response (QR) code, at merchant outlets.



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Zimbabwe to print own version of US dollar

Central bank governor John Mangudya said the cash, known as bond notes, will be backed by $200m (£140m) support from the Africa Export-Import Bank.The specially-designed two, five, 10 and 20 dollar notes will have the same value as their US dollar equivalents. Zimbabwe introduced the US dollar after ditching its own currency in 2009 following sustained hyperinflation.



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Radha Binod Barman took over as Chairperson of National

Statistical Commission

The Statistics Ministry today said Radha Binod Barman took over as part-time Chairperson of the National Statistical Commission today.S Mahendra Dev, Rahul Mukherjee, Rajiv Mehta and Manoj Panda are the other part-time Members in the Commission, the ministry said in a release.



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Wi-Fi Service at Vijayawada, Kachiguda, Raipur rail stations

Expanding the high speed Internet network facility, Railways will launch the Google's free Wi-Fi service at Vijayawada, Kachiguda and Raipur stations tomorrow. Last month, Wi-Fi service was launched at Bhubaneswar station.Designed to offer passengers the best internet experience, Wi-Fi will be available to any user who has a smartphone.



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Kumar Rajesh Chandra appointed as Chief of Bureau of Civil

Aviation Security

Senior IPS officer Kumar Rajesh Chandra was today appointed as chief of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), the aviation security wing of the government, over three years after the post fell vacant.The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the name of Chandra, a 1985 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre, for appointment to the post of Director General (formerly known as Commissioner of Security (Civil Aviation) in the Bureau

of Civil Aviation Security, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training said.

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6 May

Bangladesh Government gives nod to Reliance Power’s LNG-based

plant

Anil Ambani-led Reliance Power has won approval of the Bangladesh Government for the first phase of the 3,000 megawatt LNG-based power plant.According to the statement issued by the company, the first phase of 750 MW power plant will be set up at Meghnaghat (Narayanganj district), around 40 km South-East of Dhaka along with the FSRU terminal at Maheshkhali Island in Cox's Bazar district of

Bangladesh.



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Seven Indian shuttlers qualify for 2016 Rio Olympics

Seven Indian shuttlers, including Saina Nehwal and Jwala Gutta, officially earned qualification berths for the August Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after the much-awaited BWF world rankings were released on Thursday.The rankings were used to determine the Olympic qualifiers in each of the five categories — men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s

doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles — from the points accumulated in the period between May 4, 2015 and May 1st, 2016.



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Agriculture project Harita-Priya of Andhra Pradesh wins WSIS 2016

prize

An Andhra Pradesh project to collect very specific climate data from farms and give farmers personalised information through SMS has won the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2016 prize in the e-Agriculture category.International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Secretary-General Houlin Zhao announced the prize Tuesday in Geneva.



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Sunil Lanba to be next Navy chief

Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of Western Naval Command, has been appointed as the new Chief of Naval Staff and will assume charge on May 31.58-year-old Lanba, a specialist in Navigation and Direction, will have the full three-year tenure as the Navy Chief. He will succeed Admiral RK Dhowan who is retiring.



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5 May

World Championship Mark Selby wins 2016 Snooker title

Selby, the 2014 winner from Leicester, led throughout Sunday and went into Monday's final session leading 14-11. Ding, who was bidding to become the first Asian player to win the world title, claimed three frames in a row. But Selby dug deep to seal a brilliant double for the city of Leicester, whose football team became Premier League champions 13 minutes earlier.



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Scientists build world’s tiniest engine

Scientists have developed a microscopic engine, the smallest in the world, that they say is the first one capable of driving nanobots, including medical robots that could travel through the body.The prototype device, known as an actuating nano-transducer or Ant, combines microscopic gold balls with a special polymer gel. It generates a propulsive force on a microscopic scale that is a hundred times greater per unit weight than any known motor or muscle.

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Lok Sabha passes Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015

Lok Sabha has passed the much talked about Compensatory Afforestation Fund bill, 2015 that seeks to establish setting up of a National Compensatory Afforestation Fund and also a State Compensatory Afforestation Fund.Thanking the members for their cooperation in passing the bill, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday evening said it will be a historical legislation and will go a long way in ensuring countrywide afforestation programme.



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Patricia Espinosa selected new UNFCCC Executive Secretary

Mexico's ambassador to Germany, Patricia Espinosa, will be the new UN climate chief. She will play an important role in implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change that was approved by 195 countries in the French Capital in December last year. The United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday selected Espinosa who had earlier served as Mexico's representative at the UN in New York for drug traffic, human rights, social development, women promotion and children's rights.



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Railways launches E-enabled application to monitor projects

The Indian Railways on Tuesday announced that it has launched an E-enabled application to monitor all railway projects through out the country.The web-enabled information technology (IT) application -- Project Management and Information System (PMIS) -- was launched by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu.

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4 May

ADMM Plus Exercise on Maritime Security and Counter Terrorism

starts The ADMM-Plus (ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus)

Exercise on Maritime Security and Counter Terrorism (Ex MS & CT) has commenced in Brunei.

The nine day exercise seeks to strengthen bilateral ties and maritime interactions between India and ASEAN countries. ADMM Plus Ex MS & CT is a multinational naval exercise conducted under the aegis of ADMM Plus consortium. It aims at enhancing mutual understanding with respect to maritime security issues and

streamlining drills on counter-terrorism operations at sea.



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Indian American attorney Harmeet Kaur Dhillon elected to top

position in Republican National Committee

Noted Indian American attorney Harmeet Kaur Dhillon has been elected as the newest national committee woman of the Republican National Committee.

Dhillon is 47 years old and was born in Chandigarh and is a Sikh. She got elected at the California Republican Party convention and was earlier

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Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill, 2016 passed in parliament

The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2016 has been passed by the Union Parliament.

This bill will allow the transfer of captive mines from one allotted to another without auction is supposed to give some relief to the mining sector and embattled companies with mines for sale. The Bill also allow for merger and acquisition of companies with captive mining leases.



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World Press Freedom Day celebrated

The World Press Freedom Day was observed across the world on 3rd May.

This day was proclaimed by the United Nations in 1993 and is celebrated every year on

May 3 to draw focus on the freedom of information, protecting journalism from censorship,

and ensuring safety for journalists.

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3 May

Craig Wright confirms he is Bitcoin creator

Australian scientist Craig Wright has identified himself as Bitcoin creator 'Satoshi Nakamoto'. Bitcoin is the 1st decentralised digital currency and Satoshi Nakamoto (a pseudonym) was assumed to be its creator. Satoshi Nakamoto published his invention in 2008 and released it as an open-source software in 2009. Do note that Satoshi Nakamoto and Craig Wright are the same person and Satoshi Nakamoto was just a name

used by Craig Wright to hide his identity. Bitcoins is a virtual currency system in which users exchange bitcoins for transactions and 'mine' bitcoins by sharing their computing power. There are currently about 15 million Bitcoins in existence. Get detailed news coverage in BBC News Bonus Learning Material Learn more about Bitcoin Get more Current Affairs related to Persons in News

Ajay Mittal is new I&B Ministry Secretary

Ajay Mittal, IAS has been appointed as the Information and Broadcasting secretary in the Central Government. Sunil Arora is the outgoing secretary of the ministry. Ajay Mittal is from Himachal Pradesh cadre and has served as Additional Chief Secretary in various departments including Information and Public Relations, Finance, Vigilance, Coordination and Public Grievances in the HP Government.

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Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane and others nominated for Sports

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BCCI has nominated Virat Kohli for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Ajinkya Rahane for Arjuna Award. Other sports persons nominated for the Khel Ratna Award so far are shooter Jitu Rai, squash star Dipika Pallikal, athlete Tintu Luka and golfer Anirban

Lahiri. For Arjuna Awards, nominees are athletes Lalita Babar and OP Jaisha, shooters PN Prakash and Apurvi Chandela, and archer Laxmirani Majhi. Note: Do note the nomination doesn't mean the players have been actually awarded. The actual awardees will be disclosed later. Get detailed news coverage in The Indian Express Bonus Learning Material Learn more about Arjuna Awards

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Three Indian Scientists elected as Fellows of The Royal Society

Three eminent Indian scientists -Sriram Ramaswamy,Ramanujan Hegde, and Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society, a premier scientific academy of the U.K and the Commonwealth. The three are among the 50 new fellows and 10 new Foreign Members announced by the Royal Society. Sriram Ramaswamy is the Director of

TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Hyderabad. Ramanujan Hegde is a biologist at MRC Laboratory of Microbiology, U.K. and, Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan is an Applied mathematician at Harvard University. Get detailed news coverage in The Hindu Bonus Learning Material Learn more about The Royal Society

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2 May

India & New Zealand sign bilateral air services agreement

India and New Zealand have signed a bilateral air services agreement to facilitate the operation of direct flights between two countries.This deal was signed during the visit of President Pranab Mukherjee, who was on a three-day state visit to New Zealand. The New Zealand Prime Minister John Key was also present. This agreement allows New Zealand airlines to operate flights to seven select Indian cities and Indian to fly to any point in New Zealand along with intermediate points in Australia, Singapore,

Bangkok and Hong Kong.



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Bangalore gets South India's first underground metro service

South India’s first underground metro services have been launched in Bengaluru by BMRCL (Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited).

The metro corridor has been named as Namma Metro and was flagged off at Dr. BR Ambedkar station by the Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.



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PM Modi launches country's 1st solar-powered e-boats in Varanasi

PM Modi launched the country's first solar powered e-boats at the Assi Ghat in Varanasi/ Benaras to reduce pollution and keep river Ganga clean. PM launched a total of 11 e-boats and commented that these boats will enable a daily saving of Rs. 500 and enable the poor to move up in life by reducing poverty. It it important to know that Varanasi is PM Modi's Lok

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NK Singh wins Japan’s second highest award

The Government of Japan has announced the conferment of the ‘Order of

the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star’, its second highest national

decoration to NK Singh Mr. Singh is a former bureaucrat who became a politician and a former MP. He is among 91 foreign recipients to be honoured during the 2016 Spring Imperial Decoration of Japan by Emperor Akihito during the

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1 May

Gujarat announces 10% reservation to economically backward

higher castes

Gujarat State Government has declared 10% reservation in higher education institutions and government jobs for the economically backward members of all non-reserved castes.

This reservation will be applicable to all with annual incomes below Rs. 6 Lakhs and will be in addition to 49% reservation currently available for

Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Castes. The ordinance was presented on May 1st, Gujarat's foundation day.



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Tabassum Adnan wins 2016 Nelson Mandela Graça Machel

Innovation Award

Tabassum Adnan, a women's rights activist from Swat valley of Pakistan, has won the prestigious 2016 Nelson Mandela Graça Machel Innovation Award

She won the award for the individual activist category during the International Civil Society Week. Tabassum Adnan had previously won the U.S. State Department's 2015 International Women

of Courage Award for her efforts in seeking justice for Pakistani women and is a prominent activist for women's rights in Pakistan.

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PM Modi launches Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)

PM Modi has launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for providing free of cost LPG (cooking gas) connections to women from BPL Households.The scheme was launched Maldepur Morh, Ballia in Uttar Pradesh. The tagline for the scheme is Swachh Indhan, Behtar Jeevan (English Translation: Cleaner Fuel, Better Life). The scheme is being funded by the money saved by people voluntarily giving up their subsidised LPG connections and is being run by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

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