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Dutee Chand wins 100m gold at World University Games

Ace Indian sprinter Dutee Chand has won the gold medal in women's 100-metre sprint at the 30th Summer University Games in Napoli, Italy becoming the first Indian to win do so. She clocked 11.32s in the final.

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2019 World University Games was held in Napoli.

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Sunil Chhetri & Ashalata Devi bag top honours at AIFF Awards.

Indian men's football team captain Sunil Chhetri & women's footballer Ashalata Devi bagged the top honours at the AIFF Awards.Chhetri was named the men’s footballer of the year, while the title in the women’s category was won by Devi.

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AIFF:All India Football Federation

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Russia Launches Soyuz Carrier Rocket with 33 Satellites from Vostochny Spaceport

Russia successfully launched its Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a hydrometeorological satellite and 32 small satellites.The rocket blasted off at 8.41 a.m. (local time) from the Vostochny spaceport in the Far Eastern Amur Region.

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Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport located in south Kazakhstan.

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Walmart Labs acquihires Indian startups FloCare and BigTrade

Walmart Labs, has bought two Bengaluru-based startups to strengthen its customer service systems. The company acqui-hired healthtech startup FloCare and B2B wholesale trading platform BigTrade for undisclosed sums.

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Walmart Labs is the tech. arm of the US retail giant Walmart.

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Arun Kumar appointed as DGCA chief

Arun Kumar will hold the full-time charge of the head of aviation regulator DGCA. Kumar is an IAS officer of 1989 batch of Haryana cadre. In between June 2016 and December 2016, Bhullar was heading the DGCA as additional charge.

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Arun Kumar is the add. Sec. in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

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National Museum of Indian Cinema's news bulletin launched

A fortnightly bulletin of the National Museum of Indian Cinema, brought out by the Films Division, was launched, with veteran film maker Jahnu Barua hoping that it will become a platform for movie buffs and other stakeholders.

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National Museum of Indian Cinema is located in Mumbai.

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Milkbasket acquires Bengaluru’s e-grocery store PSR Supply Chain

Online grocery delivery platform Milkbasket, has bought Bengaluru-based e-grocery distributor PSR Supply Chain for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition of PSR Supply Chain helps us in further strengthening our customer base and offerings in Bengaluru.

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Anant Goel: co-founder and CEO of Milkbasket.

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‘Best Innovation Award’ won by NEFR

Northeast Frontier Railway has won the‘Best Innovation Award’ for unique strategy adopted to keep wild elephants away from train tracks. A cash prize of Rs 3 lakh was awarded.Northeast Frontier Railway has won the‘Best Innovation Award’ for unique strategy

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NEFR:Northeast Frontier Railway

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Deposits in Jan Dhan accounts cross Rs 1 lakh crore

Deposits in bank accounts opened under Jan Dhan scheme, launched about 5 years ago by the Modi-government, have crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore mark. As per the latest FM data, the total balance in over 36.06 crore PMJDY accounts was at Rs 1,00,495.94 crore.

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PMJDY: Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

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The phase-II of the Direct Benefit Transfer of Fertilizer Subsidy (DBT 2.0) was launched by the Union Minister for Chemicals

These dashboards provide various reports regarding the Fertilizer Stock Position at various places, proportionate requirement for the season and availability and sale of fertilizers within each State/UT.

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Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers-Sadananda Gowda.