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MeitY to organize ‘AI Pe Charcha’ on ‘AI for Date Driven Governance’ theme

MeitY to organize ‘AI Pe Charcha’ on ‘AI for Date Driven Governance’ theme

The National e-Governance Division (NeGD) of the Ministry of Electronics and IT is organizing yet another AI Pe Charcha (AI Dialogue) on October 28, 2021, covering the importance of data driven and AI-enabled governance along with the global best practice. Theme: AI for Date Driven Governance. It is a series of panel discussions involving various global […]

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Mahanadi Coalfields signs MoUs with CIPET for Skill Development Projects

Mahanadi Coalfields signs MoUs with CIPET for Skill Development Projects

Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), Ministry of Coal, under its CSR initiative has signed two MoU with an investment of Rs1.38 crore with the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Bhubaneswar for providing skill development training to the youths from the peripheral villages of mining areas. Two CSR initiatives/MoU named ‘Udaan’ and ‘Sahyog’ will help

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World Psoriasis Day

World Psoriasis Day

World Psoriasis Day, observed on October 29, shines a light on challenges faced by those suffering from psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. The theme for 2021 World Psoriasis Day is “Uniting for action”.  Throughout the world, 125 million people have psoriasis. In the United States, more than 8 million Americans have the disease. Up to 30 percent of

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International Internet Day

International Internet Day: 29 October

International Internet Day is celebrated globally on October 29 every year. International Internet Day is celebrated to commemorate a momentous day in the history of telecommunications and technology. The ​day marks the sending of the first electronic message which was transferred from one computer to another in 1969. Charley Kline, a student programmer at the

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France successfully launches military communications satellite ‘Syracuse 4A’

France successfully launches military communications satellite ‘Syracuse 4A’

France successfully launched a military communication satellite, named Syracuse 4A, into orbit recently from Kourou, in French Guiana. The state-of-the-art satellite was launched on Ariane 5 rocket. The satellite “is designed to resist military aggression from the ground and in space, as well as interference,” French air and space force spokesman Colonel Stephane Spet told AFP. The new

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Indian-origin Anita Anand appointed as National Defence Minister of Canada

Indian-origin Anita Anand appointed as National Defence Minister of Canada

Anita Anand, a Canadian politician of Indian origin, was appointed as the defence minister of the country on October 26, 2021, in Justin Trudeau’s Cabinet following a reshuffle, reported PTI. She is only the second women to be appointed as Canada’s National Defence Minister, after Kim Campbell in the 1990s. The 54-year-old Anita Anand replaces long-time

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Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev wins second 5-year term

Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev wins second 5-year term

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been re-elected for a second five-year term, winning 80.1% of the vote in Sunday’s poll which Western observers said was not truly competitive despite improvements brought by recent reforms. Mirziyoyev took the office of President in 2016 following the death of longtime President Islam Karimov, Prior to being appointed as

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Union govt appoints veteran banker K V Kamath appointed as chairperson of NaBFID

Union govt appoints veteran banker K V Kamath appointed as chairperson of NaBFID

The finance ministry appointed veteran banker K.V. Kamath as the chairman of the newly constituted development finance institution National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID). Kamath is a well-known banker in India and is the first head of the New Development Bank (NDB). NaBFID is a newly set up development financial institution (DFIs) in India. It has

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