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Oracle veteran Thomas Kurian to head Google Cloud

Oracle's ex-product chief Thomas Kurian will head Google's cloud division. He will replace Diane Greene as head of cloud division. Google had in February announced that its cloud division was generating more than USD 1 billion in quarterly revenue.

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Sundar Pichai is CEO of Google.

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Bengaluru Open: Prajnesh Gunneswaran won the title

Prajnesh Gunneswaran outclassed Saketh Myneni to win the Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger title. The Bengaluru Open is a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour.

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Bengaluru Open held annually in Bangalore, India since 2015.

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India seeks MH 60 Romeo Seahawk helicopters from the US

India has sought from the US 24 multi-role MH-60 ‘Romeo’ anti-submarine helicopters for its Navy at an estimated cost of USD 2 billion. MH-60R Seahawk helicopter is considered the world’s most advanced maritime helicopter.

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Donald Trump is US President.

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Ajay Bhushan Pandey to replace Hasmukh Adhia as Revenue Secretary

Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UIDAI, has been appointed the Revenue Secretary by the central government. Pandey will be replacing Hasmukh Adhia, who is set to retire soon. Ajay Bhushan Pandey also working as GSTN Chairman.

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Arun Jaitley is Union Finance Minister.

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Manav Thakkar won bronze in Belarus open

India's Manav Thakkar won a bronze medal in the Under-21 singles category in International Table Tennis Federation Challenge Belgosstrakh Belarus Open in Minsk, Belarus. He lost to Russia's Denis Ivonin in the semifinals to miss out on the gold.

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Minsk is the capital city of Belarus.

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Kerala govt signs MOU with Airbus BizLab

Kerala's startup ecosystem got a major fillip as Kerala government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus BizLab, a global aerospace accelerator. Under the MoU, an Innovation Centre will be set up in Thiruvananthapuram.

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P.Sathashivam is governor of Kerala.

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Justice Amareshwar Pratap Sahi sworn in as Chief Justice of Patna High Court

Justice Amareshwar Pratap Sahi sworn in as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court. Bihar Governor Lalji Tandon administered the oath of office to Justice Sahi at the Raj Bhavan. Justice Sahi was a judge of the Allahabad High Court before his appointment.

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Nitish Kumar is Chief Minister of Bihar.

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Ekalavya model residential schools to be set up in Meghalaya

Ministry of Tribal Affairs constructing 36 Ekalavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) in Meghalaya at the cost of 20 crore rupees each in a time frame of three years. EMRS is a Government of India scheme for model residential school for Indian tribals.

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Jual Oram is Minister of Tribal Affairs.

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Virat Kohli launched 'Jersey knows no gender' campaign

Virat Kohli launched 'Jersey knows no gender' campaign to support national women cricketers competing in the ongoing International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's World T20. 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 is currently being hosted in the West Indies.

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Harmanpreet Kaur is Captain of Indian women T20 team.

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Padmashri Alyque Padamsee passed away

Alyque Padamsee, widely called the Brand Father of Indian advertising, died in Mumbai at the age of 90. he remained the brain behind several iconic and memorable Indian ad campaigns. he was honored with Padmashri in 2000.

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Alyque named Advertising Man of the Century by Advertising Club.