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Kim Jong-yang elected as Interpol president

South Korea’s Kim Jong Yang has been elected as Interpol President for a two-year term. The decision was taken at the 87th General Assembly of the Agency in Dubai. He becomes first South Korean to head Interpol. Kim has replaced Meng Hongwei of China.

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INTERPOL Stands for International Criminal Police Organization.

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Paytm partners with LIC for insurance premium payments

Paytm and arch-rival Mobikwik, have simultaneously announced entry into online insurance payments and purchase of digital insurance on their platforms. Paytm has partnered with the LIC to offer online insurance premium payments on its platform.

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Satish Kumar Gupta is CEO of Paytm.

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AirAsia India appoints Sanjay Kumar as chief operating officer

former IndiGo senior executive Sanjay Kumar appointed as chief operating officer (COO) of AirAsia India. AirAsia India is a joint venture between Tata Sons and Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia Berhad, with 51 percent and 49 percent stake, respectively.

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Sunil Bhaskaran is managing director and CEO of AirAsia India.

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HRD Ministry launches innovation cell for research

HRD Ministry established an innovation cell at the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) With an aim to promote new ideas for innovation in all higher education institutions across the country. It is a step-in institutionalizing innovation.

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Prakash Jawdekar is Union HRD Minister.

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Bainimarama sworn in for second term as Fiji PM

Incumbent Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama was sworn in for a second term after his ruling Fiji First party won this year's general elections. Bainimarama was sworn in by President Jioji Konrote. Fiji is small Island nation in South Pacific Ocean.

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Suva is the capital and largest city of Fiji.

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PM Modi launch city gas projects

PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of city gas distribution (CGD) projects across 129 districts which won under the ninth CGD bidding round. The project has covered 96 cities and districts covering 46.5 lakh households and 32 lakh CNG vehicles so far.

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PNG is 40 per cent cheaper than the market price of LPG.

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WhatsApp appoints Abhijit Bose as Head of WhatsApp India.

WhatsApp appoints Abhijit Bose as Head of WhatsApp India. He is set to join WhatsApp in early 2019. Bose is the co-founder and CEO of Ezetap which is an electronic payments company backed by top-tier Venture Capitalists. It will be based in Gurgaon.

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Headquarter of WhatsApp is at California, USA.

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CII organised ConMac 2018

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in support with Indian embassy in Nepal organising an exhibition of construction equipment and technology-ConMac 2018 at Kathmandu, Nepal. Ambassador of India to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri is the Guest of Honour.

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Rakesh Bharati Mital is President of CII for the year 2018-19.

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India, Australia ink 5 pacts

Ramnath Kovind, the first-ever Indian head of state to visit Australia signed five agreements to boost investments and enhance cooperation in key sectors like disability, agricultural research and education with Australian Prime minister Scott Morrison.

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Canberra is the capital city of Australia.

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Kerala plans mass ‘Constitution Literacy’ drive

The Kerala State-run Kerala Literacy Mission is organizing a mass ‘Constitution Literacy’ drive to create basic awareness about the Indian Constitution among the masses. The Mission is envisaged to reach 50 lakh people in the 2 month-long initiative.

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Pinarayi Vijayan is Chief Minister of Kerala.