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Magnus Carlsen wins inaugural Meltwater Champions Chess Tour title

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen has won the inaugural Meltwater Champions Chess Tour (MCCT), to claim the non-fungible token (NFT) trophy, and $1,00,000 in the finals on October 04, 2021. Magnus Carlsen has won the most viewed online chess event in history – the inaugural Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. The 10-month long online chess tournaments were held on chess24.com from November 22, 2020, till […]

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M. Venkaiah Naidu confers Assam Government’s biennial Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Award for National Integration and National Contribution on 3 awardees

Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has conferred Assam Government’s biennial Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Award for National Integration and National Contribution for the year 2021, on October 03, 2021, to three recipients. The three awardees are: Members of Assam branch of Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust German based Assamese litterateur Dr. Nirod Kumar Barooah Members of

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India joins Seychelles’ Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) programme

Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB), a joint initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), launched its programme in Seychelles on 4th October 2021. India has been chosen as the Partner Administration for this programme. The country will be providing its Tax Expert in support of

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40th-India International Trade Fair 2021 will be held at Pragati Maidan from November 14 to 27

The 40th edition of India International Trade Fair 2021 will be held from Nov 14 to 27 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The theme for this year’s fair is AtmanirbharBharat & it will focus on the economy, export potential, infrastructure supply chain, demand & vibrant demography.’ The mega event is organised by the India Trade Promotion

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Centre launches ICMR’s drone-based vaccine delivery model ‘i-Drone’ in North East

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched ICMR’s Drone Response and Outreach in North East (i-Drone) here on October 04, 2021. The delivery model is aimed at ensuring that life-saving vaccines reach everyone. The i-Drone has been developed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). i-Drone stands for ICMR’s Drone Response and Outreach in North East. The main objective of this tool is

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates ‘Azadi@75 – New Urban India: Transforming Urban Landscape’ Conference-cum-Expo in Lucknow

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘Azadi@75 – New Urban India: Transforming Urban Landscape’ Conference-cum-Expo at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan in Lucknow on October 05, 2021, as a part of Azadi@75 celebrations. The PM unveiled 75 urban development projects in Uttar Pradesh. “The Prime Minister will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 75 Urban Development Projects

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2021: October 01 to 31

Every year the Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) is celebrated in the month of October, from 01 to 31. The annual international health campaign aims to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure. The pink ribbon is an international symbol of breast cancer awareness.

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Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh felicitates winners of DRDO Dare to Dream 2.0 contest & 2019 DRDO Young Scientists awards

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh gave away the awards to the winners of the ‘Dare to Dream 2.0’ Contest of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) in New Delhi on October 04, 2021. The Raksha Mantri gave away awards to 40 winners – 22 in the Individual category and 18 in the Startup category. He also launched

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Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi wins Nobel Prize in Physics 2021

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics on October 05, 2021. The Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to scientists from Japan, Germany, and Italy. Scientists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics for their “groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems”. Three

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Fifth India-Japan Bilateral Maritime Exercise JIMEX-21

The fifth edition of India – Japan Maritime Bilateral Exercise, JIMEX, between the Indian Navy (IN) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), will be held in the Arabian Sea from 06 to 08 October 2021. JIMEX series of exercises commenced in January 2012 with a special focus on maritime security cooperation. The last edition of JIMEX was

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