England cricketer Moeen Ali has announced his retirement from Test match career on September 27, 2021, the England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed on Monday. Earlier on Sunday, reports had stated that Moeen had already informed captain Joe Root and head coach Chris Silverwood of his decision to call time on his Test career, and […]
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Lieutenant General Gurbirpal Singh has taken charge as the 34th Director-General of the National Cadet Corps (NCC). He was commissioned into the PARACHUTE REGIMENT in 1987. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Indian Military Academy, Dehradun as well as NCC, he attended the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington and the National Defence College Course in
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Mastercard announced that it is joining the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour as an official partner and naming Magnus Carlsen a Mastercard global brand ambassador, as it adds chess to its coveted roster of sports sponsorships. It has joined the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour as an official partner, in its first sponsorship move into chess. Carlsen joins the
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Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar addressed the inaugural session of the 4th Indo-US Health Dialogue held in New Delhi on September 27, 2021, being hosted by India, at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The US delegation for the dialogue is led by Ms. Loyce Pace,
Rating agency Icra on Monday revised up its 2021-22 real GDP growth estimate for India to 9 percent from the earlier 8.5 percent. A ramp-up in COVID-19 vaccination, healthy advance estimates of Kharif (summer) crop, and faster government spending were the factors that led to the revision, the agency said in a statement. ICRA is
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Naga Cucumber from Nagaland has officially been certified by India’s Registrar of Geographical Indications (GI) as an agricultural good unique to the state, on September 14, 2021. Nagaland’s “sweet cucumber” was awarded a geographical identification (GI) tag as an agricultural product under provisions of The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999. Naga cucumber is recognised
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Ministry of Tourism launched NIDHI 2.0 (National Integrated Database of Hospitality Industry) and ‘India Tourism Statistics – At a Glance, 2021’ on World Tourism Day (27 September 2021). Lok Sabha Speaker, Shri Om Birla, delivered a keynote address at the programme “Tourism for Inclusive Growth” organized by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, today, to mark World Tourism
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Union Sports Minister Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting dedicated to the nation High Power Transmitters of Doordarshan and All India Radio at Hamboting La near Kargil in Ladakh. The 10 KW transmitters are the highest altitude TV and Radio transmitters in the country, located at the height of 4054 metres
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Union Minister Anurag Thakur has flagged off the second edition of Ultimate Ladakh Cycling Challenge at Leh, Ladakh at 11000 feet above sea level as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mohatsav and ‘Fit India Movement. As a part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mohatsav’ and ‘Fit India Movement’, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Shri Anurag Thakur today flagged
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Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shri Anurag Thakur addressed the Summit for Information and Democracy on the sidelines of the UNGA organised at the Consulate General of France, New York. Joining from Leh, Ladakh, the Minister participated in a round table discussion. Summit was an opportunity to focus on defending and promoting access to
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