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Which Indian-origin veteran civil servant has been appointed as acting President of Singapore?
Indian-origin veteran civil servant JY Pillay appointed Singapore’s acting President. He replaces Tony Tan Keng Yam who completed a six-year term. According to the report, this is the first time the office has fallen vacant since the elected presidency was introduced in 1991.
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Which city gets India's first World Heritage City certificate?
Ahmedabad in Gujarat was formally accorded the status of India's first World Heritage City with UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova handing over the certificate in this regard to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.
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According to the recent survey by the Transparency International which country is the most corrupt country in Asia?
Chipmaker AMD presented a new line of microprocessor chips called ‘Ryzen Pro’ for commercial desktop workstations to be available in India and other countries by end of 2017. At the global launch of Ryzen Pro leading PC makers HP, Dell and Lenovo introduced new high-end workstations using Ryzen Pro to meet the demand of present scenario toughest computing-tasks. The Ryzen Pro desktop processor is an 8 core and 16 thread CPU and much faster than the rival Intel’s ‘Core i7’ which is of 4 core and 8 thread.
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Swedish defence major SAAB announced its tie-up with which Group to manufacture the Gripen E fighter jets in India under the Defence Ministry’s $10 billion single-engine fighter jet procurement programme?
The world's highest sandcastle is now standing 16.68 meters tall in the German city of Duisburg. A German travel operator organized the construction of the mammoth sandcastle, bringing in 3,500 tons of sand over the past three and a half weeks to the site at a former steelworks in the inland city.
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For the first time which state government has extended term of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), 1958 and declared entire state a Disturbed Area for six more months under Section 3 of AFSP Act?
This is for first time state government has extended AFSPA and Disturbed Area provision on its own. In the past, AFSPA provisions in state were always extended by the centre.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports approved Constitution of 13-member Empowered Steering Committee (ESC). It will shape and influence India’s preparation for multi-disciplinary events, including 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
It will have chairperson appointed by the Government. It will have the mandate to work until December 31, 2020, with clearly defined terms and reference.
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Which state government has directed the authorities concerned to get all the placement agencies registered in order to prevent fraud?
