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Sift Kaur Samra clinched Gold at ISSF Junior World Cup in Germany

Sift Kaur Samra clinched Gold at ISSF Junior World Cup in Germany

India’s Sift Kaur Samra won the individual women’s 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) like Prone, the Standing and the Kneeling positions, event to take India’s gold medal tally to 10 at the ISSF Junior World Cup 2022 in Suhl, Germany. She beat Julie Johannessen (Norway) by 17-9 in the final. India’s Ashi Chouksey has also won bronze in the same […]

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Somalia elects Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as new president

Somalia elects Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as new president

The former leader of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been elected as the new president of the country for four years, after defeating the current president, Mohamed Abudallahi Farmajo. Out of 328 MPs, Mohamud has received 214 votes and Farmajo won 110 votes only. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, also served as Somalia’s president between 2012 and 2017. Somalia Capital: Mogadishu; Currency: Somali

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National Data and Analytics Platform launched by NITI Aayog

National Data and Analytics Platform launched by NITI Aayog

The National Data & Analytics Platform (NDAP) was launched by NITI Aayog for free public use.  The platform aims to democratize access to public government data by making data accessible, interoperable, interactive, and available on a user-friendly platform. It hosts foundational datasets from various government agencies, presents them coherently, and provides tools for analytics and visualization. This public debut

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Sitikantha Pattanaik and Rajiv Ranjan, named executive directors by the RBI

Sitikantha Pattanaik and Rajiv Ranjan, named executive directors by the RBI

The Reserve Bank on Friday said Sitikantha Pattanaik and Rajiv Ranjan have been appointed as executive directors with effect from May 1. Ranjan will also serve as an ex-officio member of the rate-setting panel Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). Pattanaik was an adviser at the Department of Economic and Policy Research before being appointed to ED. Rajiv Ranjan will oversee the

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COP15 Session on combating desertification: Bhupender Yadav led the Indian delegation

COP15 Session on combating desertification: Bhupender Yadav led the Indian delegation

The Indian team, led by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav, arrived in Abidjan, Cote D Ivoire, for the UN Convention on Combating Desertification’s 15th Conference of Parties (UNCCD COP15). The fourteenth session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification was held in New Delhi,

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Gaganyaan Mission 2023: S2000 human-rated rocket booster tested successfully

Gaganyaan Mission 2023: S2000 human-rated rocket booster tested successfully

Gaganyaan Mission The Indian Space Research Organisation on Monday successfully completed the static test of a human-rated solid rocket booster (HS200) for the Gaganyaan programme at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.According to the Bengaluru-based space agency, the HS200 is the human-rated version of the S200 rocket booster of the satellite launch

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