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Plan to go paperless at airports hits Aadhaar hurdle

UIDAI has refused to share biometric data with aviation authorities.

Other options are the passport or an identity card which is difficult to achieve similar benefits.

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The scheme, termed DigiYatra aims at making flying simpler for passengers, who decide to link their Aadhaar to airlines and other ecosystem players.

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Saavn, Airtel had access to Facebook user data even after 2015

Bharti Airtel and music streaming app Saavn were among select partners that received special exemptions from Facebook to obtain user data.

Bharti Airtel was among 52 companies authorised to use Facebook user data to create such services.

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Founded: February 2004
CEO: Mark Zuckerberg
Headquarters: California, US

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Vikas ki khoj is Congress' poll theme in 3 states

Vikas ki khoj is the central theme of Congress for its campaign in election-bound states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.

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Congress President: Rahul Gandhi
Founder: Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Edulji Wacha
Founded: 28 December 1885, Mumbai

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CCEA may hike MSP of paddy by Rs 200 a quintal, pulses by Rs 400

Paddy support price projected to rise by Rs 200 a quintal, and pulses by over Rs 400 a quintal.

Current MSP of common grade paddy is Rs 1,750 a quintal while that of kharif pulses between Rs 5,400 and Rs 5,575 a quintal.

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MSP is the price at which government purchases crops from the farmers.

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L&T stakes claim to build warships and submarines

Larsen & Toubro Shipbuilding laid the keels of two "new generation offshore patrol vessels" (NG-OPVs) ahead of its contracted schedule.

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OPVs are long-range surface ships capable of coastal and offshore patrolling, policing maritime zones, control & surveillance, anti-smuggling & anti-piracy operations with limited wartime roles.

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Andrés Manuel López Obrador won the Mexican presidency

Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) won the Mexican presidency with a large margin (53.8% of the votes).

AMLO is from the National Regeneration Movement party.

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Capital: Mexico City
Currency: Mexican peso

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Former Malaysian PM charged with criminal breach of trust

Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak was charged with three counts of criminal breach of trust and one count of using his position for gratification

This is as part of a probe into missing money from state fund 1MDB.

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Prime minister: Mahathir Bin Mohamad
Capital: Kuala Lumpur
Currency: Malaysian ringgit

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EC launches app to report electoral malpractice

The Election Commission launched a mobile application named “cVigil” for citizens.

This will share proof of malpractices by political parties, their candidates and activists when the Model Code of Conduct is in force.

A voter education and electoral participation portal was also launched.

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Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat

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MP govt launches outstanding power bill waiver scheme ‘Sambal’

MP government has launched an outstanding power bill waiver scheme and subsidised power scheme ‘Sambal’ for labourers and poor families.

Under the scheme BPL families would be provided electricity at a cost of 200 rupees per month.

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Governor: Anandiben Patel
Chief minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Capital: Bhopal

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India get its 37th World UNESCO heritage site

India secured the inscription of the "Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai” on UNESCO's World Heritage List.

Mumbai becomes second after Ahmedabad to be inscribed on the World Heritage List.

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India is second largest in number after China in terms of number of World Heritage properties in Asia and Pacific region and is overall sixth in the world.