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8th Indo German Energy Forum 2019 meets in Delhi

The 8th meeting of the Indo-German Energy Forum concluded in New Delhi. The Forum was co-chaired by Sanjiv Nandan Sahai, Secretary of Power from the Indian side & Christian Hirte, Secretary of State-Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs & Energy, Germany.

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India signed 8 Implementation Agreements/ MoUs with Germany.

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Amit Shah to inaugurate SCO joint exercise on Search, Rescue

Amit Shah will inaugurate the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Joint Exercise on Urban Earthquake Search & Rescue -SCOJtEx2019 in New Delhi. The aim of the exercise is to rehearse the disaster response mechanism & share knowledge for mutual coordination.

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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is hosting the event.

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Germany to spend 1 billion euro over 5 yrs for green mobility projects in India

Germany will spend 1 bn euros on green urban mobility projects over a 5-year period under the new German Indian partnership. This was agreed during Angela Merkel’s visit to India & the funds will be used to finance several environment friendly projects.

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They agreed to cooperate on low-carbon mobility solutions.

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Siemens signs MoUs with NTPC, TERI on decarbonisation, energy transition

Siemens Ltd has signed a MoU with NTPC Ltd to analyse reference use cases of hydrogen sector-coupling for various stream applications. It has also inked a separate MoU with TERI for collaboration on technologies to support the energy transition in India.

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MD & CEO of Siemens Limited- Sunil Mathur.

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Mangalore to host shipping, logistics summit

Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), in association with India Seatrade, will organise ‘Karnataka Ports Shipping and Logistics Summit 2019’ in Mangalore. Summit is an effort to bring together the maritime stakeholders across the country.

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It will highlight the economic devpmt that NMPT has fostered.

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Odisha tagged with Maharashtra under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat

Odisha tagged with Maharashtra under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat-an initiative of GOI to pay tribute to Sardar Patel, for his contributions. This programme is being run at the behest Niti Aayog & it can build bonds b/w the people of various States.

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States will organize different programmes to promote culture.

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Rajinikanth to receive Special Icon award at IFFI

Actor Rajinikanth will receive the Special Icon award at the Golden Jubilee of International Film Festival of India, IFFI in Goa. The award will be presented in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema, during the past several decades.

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I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar announced this.

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South Africa defeat England to lift Rugby World Cup

South Africa lifted the Rugby World Cup a record-equalling 3rd time, after a convincing 32-12 victory over England.22 points by Handre Pollard & 2nd-half tries from wingers Makazole Mapimpi & Cheslin Kolbe ensured a comfortable win for the Springboks.

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It was held at the International Stadium Yokohama, Japan.

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Pooja Gehlot wins silver in UWW Under-23 World Championships

Pooja Gehlot (53kg) in wrestling claimed India's 2nd silver medal after going down to Japan's Haruna Okuno in the finals of the UWW Under-23 World Championships. Pooja lost 0-2 to Okuno. She had entered the finals after beating Zeynep Yetgil in semi.

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Ravinder (61kg) had won India's first silver earlier.

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Korea Open Badminton: Maisnam Meiraba Luwang wins boys' singles U-19 title

Maisnam Meiraba Luwang clinched the boys' singles U-19 title at the Woncheon Yonex Korea Junior Open Badminton International Challenge 2019 in Miryang, Korea. He defeated Lee Hak Joo of Korea in a 21-10 21-13 win. Sathish Kumar Karunakaran claimed bronze.

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Luwang and Karunakaran hails from India.