Three more Rafale fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) reached India on February 22, 2022, Tuesday evening from France. The aircraft took off from a French airbase and were provided mid-air refuelling by the Air Force of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). With the arrival of the latest three aircraft, India has now […]
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Meeting in Beijing following the election of two new members, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes’ Commission (AC) re-elected Emma Terho (Finland, ice hockey) as its Chair and Seung Min Ryu (Republic of Korea, table tennis) as first Vice-Chair, and elected Sarah Walker (New Zealand, cycling) as second Vice-Chair of the Commission. Emma is a double Olympic bronze medallist and
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The UK on Thursday closed Tier 1 Investor visa route to all new applicants from all nationalities with immediate effect over security concerns. The route had allowed entry and stay in the UK for individuals if they had invested funds in share capital or loan capital in active and trading UK registered companies. The announcement was made by UK
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Israel successfully tested a new naval air defense system “C-Dome,” to be used on the Israeli Navy’s Sa’ar 6-class corvettes, intercepting a series of threats in what officials called a key layer of protection against Iran and its proxies in the region. The “C-Dome” system is a naval version of the Iron Dome, which has been used to shoot down
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Bharti Airtel said it has joined the ‘SEA-ME-WE-6’ undersea cable consortium in a bid to scale up its high-speed global network capacity to serve India’s fast-growing digital economy. Airtel will be the major investor in the SEA-ME-WE-6. It shall be anchoring 20 percent of the overall investment in the cable system, which will go live in 2025. SEA-ME-WE-6 stands
According to the Council for Leather Exports (CLE), country’s leather and footwear exports are expected cross $6 billion in 2022-23. This is due to increasing demand in the US and new markets such as Middle East, Africa and Latin America. During April-January this fiscal, leather and leather products exports rose by 33 per cent to $3.6 billion. The exports stood at $3.3 billion in 2020-21
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France and its European partners are to begin a military withdrawal from Mali after more than nine years fighting a jihadist insurgency, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, confirmed. France first deployed troops against jihadists in Mali in 2013 under the Socialist president François Hollande. The decision has been taken due to a breakdown in France’s relations
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English club Chelsea defeated Brazilian club Palmeiras, 2-1, to win the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup final, held on February 12, 2022. Chelsea has won the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time. The decisive goal was scored by Kai Havertz with 3 minutes of extra time to go. Kai Havertz’ nerveless 117th-minute penalty settled a gruelling Club World
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The air forces of Bangladesh and the United States will conduct a joint tactical airlift exercise ‘Cope South 22’ from February 20, 2022. The six day long Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, bilateral tactical airlift exercise ‘Cope South 22’ will be conducted at BAF Kurmitola Cantonment, Dhaka, and Operating Location-Alpha, Sylhet, Bangladesh. The goal of the exercise is bolstering bilateral ties
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India has been ranked third in the world in the US Green Building Council’s annual list of top 10 nations and areas outside of the United States for LEED-certified green buildings in 2021. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is the most widely used green building rating system in the world, and provides a framework for healthy, highly efficient,
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