Indonesia lifted the Thomas Cup trophy for the first time since 2002 after sweeping past defending champions China 3-0 in the final on October 17, 2021. Indonesia is the most successful nation in the history of the team championship of men’s badminton with 14 titles but had endured a nineteen-year winless drought before Sunday’s victory. […]
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Veteran sports administrator Sahdev Yadav was unanimously elected as president of the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) for a four-year term. Other appointments include Secretary-general – Anand Gowde and Treasurer – Naresh Sharma. A total of 10 vice presidents, four joint secretaries, and seven executive committee members were also elected.
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Ayushmann Khurrana has become the latest celebrity to venture into the cryptocurrency space through his association with CoinDCX’s ‘Future Yahi Hai’ campaign. Under the campaign, Ayushmann Khurrana will address major questions and doubts, and myths related to crypto investments from the perspective of young India.
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Smartphone maker OnePlus has appointed Navnit Nakra as its India CEO and Head of the OnePlus India region. Nakra will lead the company’s business operations and overall strategy for the country, he will play a new senior leadership role in the company. Prior to this, Nakra served as the Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Sales
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Imprisoned Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was awarded the European Union’s top human rights prize in a clear slap to President Vladimir Putin. The 45-year-old activist has been awarded for his immense personal bravery to fight tirelessly against the corruption of Vladimir Putin’s regime. The 45-year-old activist was poisoned with a nerve agent last year
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A Russian film crew is back on Earth after wrapping up scenes for the first movie shot in space. Klim Shipenko and actor Yulia Peresild left the International Space Station and landed in Kazakhstan – to be met by a crew filming touchdown scenes. The Russian film director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild spent 12 days
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump will launch his own social media app, TRUTH Social, that he said would “stand up to Big Tech” companies such as Twitter and Facebook that have barred him from their platforms. The long-awaited platform will be owned by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), which also intends to launch a subscription video-on-demand service that
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The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a penalty of 1 crore on Paytm Payments Bank for violating provisions of Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007 and ₹27.78 lakh on Western Union Financial Services for non-compliance with certain directions. The central bank noted that Paytm payments bank’s application seeking the issue of the final certificate of authorization did not reflect its factual
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On 19 October 2021; European commercial drone and software developer FIXAR announced its tie-up with Paras Aerospace, a subsidiary of Paras Defence. This partnership between the two has emerged for the initiation of the Drone (UAV) market in India. As a first step towards this partnership, the company will launch its flagship fixed-wing drone FIXAR007
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SME lender and fintech Rupifi has partnered with non-banking financial company Muthoot Finance aims to power 15 million small and medium-sized enterprises with access to instant credit in the next few years. The companies started this partnership earlier this year and are now looking to scale this across different industry verticals in the country. Launched in January 2020, Rupifi allows SMEs to flexibly
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