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UN adopts resolution on multilingualism, mentioning Hindi for the First Tim

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted an India-sponsored resolution on multilingualism that mentions the Hindi language for the first time. The resolution passed yesterday urges the United Nations to continue spreading vital communications and messages in both official and non-official languages, including Hindi. The six official languages of the UN are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. UN Headquarters: New […]

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European Parliament votes to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035

European Parliament Members have voted to prohibit the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035. The EU assembly voted in Strasbourg, France to require automakers to cut carbon-dioxide emissions by 100 percent by the middle of the next decade. The mandate would amount to a prohibition on the sale in the 27-nation bloc of new cars powered

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UN to grant humanitarian assistance of $48 million to Sri Lanka amid crisis

Amid the ongoing disastrous financial crisis with severe food, power and fuel shortages in Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament on Tuesday that the UN has planned to provide humanitarian assistance of around $48 million over a four-month period to the island nation’s food, agriculture and health sectors. New Delhi’s financial assistance worth over $3 billion since

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Forbes Real Time Billionaires List: Mukesh Ambani topped as India’s richest men

Recently, Forbes Real Time Billionaires List was declared. It featured the list of the richest person around the world. The chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Ltd, Mukesh Ambani and the chairperson of Adani Group, Gautam Adani are also in the list of top 10 richest persons in the world. In the “Bloomberg Billionaires Index”, Mukesh

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Maruti Suzuki installed Asia’s largest 20 MWp solar plant at Manesar

NSE 0.98 % (MSI) on Monday said it has set up a 20 MWp solar power plant at its Manesar-based manufacturing facility. The initiative will contribute 28,000 MW per annum, which is equivalent to the energy required for the production of over 67,000 cars annually. This is Asia’s largest solar carport, according to the business. Suzuki

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Satish Pai named as the new chairman of International Aluminium Institute

Hindalco Industries MD Satish Pai has been appointed the new chairman of the International Aluminium Institute (IAI), the body representing the global primary aluminium industry. Earlier serving as vice-chairman, he succeeds Ben Kahrs, chief innovation officer, Alcoa Corporation. An engineer by education and profession, Satish earlier worked with Schlumberger, based out of Paris, where he was

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Instagram to launch AMBER alerts to help in finding missing children

Meta has announced that AMBER alerts will soon be rolled out to Instagram in 25 countries. With the help of this alerts, users will get notifications of missing children in the area. This feature was already available on Facebook and helped to find hundreds of children since it was introduced in 2015. This was developed in partnership with the National Center for Missing

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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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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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Tata Projects wins bid to build Jewar Airport

Tata projects will build the national capital region’s new airport at Jewar. It outbid the Shapoorji Pallinji Group and Larsen & Toubro for the contract. Tata Projects, the infrastructure and construction arm of the Tata group, will construct the terminal, runway, airside infrastructure, roads, utilities, landside facilities and other ancillary buildings at the Noida International Airport. The new airport is expected to be

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