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 […]
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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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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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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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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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved the candidature of Baldev Prakash as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Jammu and Kashmir Bank for a period of 3 years from the date of taking charge or April 10, 2022, whichever is earlier, the bank said, reported Kashmir Reader. The actual date of appointment of Baldev
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Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya addressed the inaugural session of the CII Asia Health 2021 summit on October 28, 2021. The theme of the summit is ‘Transforming Healthcare for a better tomorrow‘. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has organised the summit to provide a centralized forum to deliberate on
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The Indian Coast Guard received a shot in the arm with the commissioning and dedication of ICGS Sarthak– a 105 m long offshore patrol vessel (OPV) that was dedicated to the nation at the Goa Shipyard Ltd on October 28, 2021. It will be based at Porbandar in Gujarat. The indigenously built ship was commissioned by the
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The government has reconstituted the seven-member Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) by inducting three new members while dropping economist V. Anantha Nageswaran from the council. Bibek Debroy continues to be the Chairman of the Council. EAC-PM has been reconstituted for a period of 2 years. Rakesh Mohan, Poonam Gupta, TT Ram Mohan, Sajid Chenoy, Neelkanth Mishra and
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Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt flagged off the upcoming National Institute of Mountaineering & Allied Sports (NIMAS) multidimensional adventure sports expedition to Europe, in New Delhi on October 27, 2021. NIMAS will conduct this expedition in Chamonix, France in November 2021, which is considered the adventure capital of Europe. Locations for the expedition are Alps
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