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India-Bangladesh joint military exercise ‘Sampriti-X’ begins

India and Bangladesh has begun a joint military training exercise, ‘Ex SAMPRITI-X’ on June 5 at Jessore military station in Bangladesh. This will continue till June 16 as part of bilateral defence cooperation. Aim: At strengthening the aspects of interoperability and cooperation between both armies. Indian contingent represented: Dogra regiment. The armies of both nations will share expertise in counter-terrorism, […]

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Indian American Harini Logan wins 2022 Spelling Bee champion

Indian American girl, Harini Logan from Texas has won the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee. She has spelled 21 words correctly to win the prestigious 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee and defeated Vikram Raju in a marathon. Prize money: USD 50,000 cash prize and Scripps Cup trophy on top of awards from Merriam-Webster and Encyclopedia Britannica. She is the fifth Scripps champion

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ISRO chairman inaugurates spacecraft manufacturing facility in Karnataka

The chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dr S Somanath has inaugurated ANANTH Technologies’ spacecraft manufacturing unit at Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) Aerospace Park. It can conduct assembly integration and testing of four large spacecraft simultaneously. Ananth has contributed to the manufacturing of 89 satellites and 69 launch vehicles built/launched by ISRO. Chairman and

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Tamil Nadu CM flags off luxury cruise “Empress”

Tamil Nadu CM, MK Stalin has flagged off the luxury cruise liner “Empress” from Chennai port. This is the eleven-storey tourist vessel which can accommodate up to two thousand passengers and about 800 crew members. The vessel has a swimming pool, children’s play area, gym, theatre and a multi-cuisine restaurant. This is considered the first luxury cruise liner to

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OECD projected the Global plastic waste to be tripled by 2060

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report, the global usage of plastic is set to increase by three times by the year 2060. The world that is destroy by severe plastic pollution, has need to take up several measures to combat the the use of plastic. Currently, nearly 100 million tonnes of plastic

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India’s digital payments market will be tripled to $10 trillion by 2026

According to the latest study which was conducted by digital payments firm PhonePe and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) states that India’s digital payment market is expected to more than triple to $10 trillion by 2026. Presently, 40% of all transactions in India are digital, and payments worth $3 trillion were processed by digital instruments in 2021. India’s UPI continues to grow, clocking $5.95

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Indian Railways awarded by the UIC International Sustainable Railway Awards (ISRA)

Indian Railways is observing World Environment Day on 5th June, 2022 in an appropriate and befitting manner keeping in line with the theme of this year’s World Environment Day. Indian Railways have been awarded by the UIC International Sustainable Railway Awards (ISRA) in the category of “Best use of Zero-Carbon Technology” for feeding Solar Energy directly to 25

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Bloomberg Billionaires list: Mukesh Ambani richest in Asia

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Ambani who has a net worth of $99.7 billion added $9.69 billion in 2022. Mr Ambani is followed by Gautam Adani on the global billionaire list. Adani is ranked ninth with Net worth $98.7 billion in the Bloomberg Billionaire index. Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani became Asia’s richest man on June 3 after a record

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THE Asia University Rankings 2022: 4 Indian institutions in top 100

The Times Higher Education (THE) released the 2022 edition of the Asia University Rankings on Wednesday, June 1. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Banglore continued to be the best institute of the country. It ranked at 42nd place. THE Asia University Rankings 2022 comprises 616 universities from 31 countries and territories, with India being the third most-represented

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IIFA awards 2022: Announced Check the complete list of winners

The 22nd edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards was held in Abu Dhabi on the first weekend of June 2022 with the IIFA Rocks event held on Friday, 3rd June, and the main awards night on Saturday, 4th June. This year the IIFA 2022 Awards was hosted by Salman Khan, Maniesh Paul and Riteish Deshmukh. Sidharth Malhotra’s Shershaah dominated

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