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Missile park to be set up at INS Kalinga

The foundation stone for a Missile Park named ‘Agneeprastha’, a one-stop arena for the motivation of inquisitive minds regarding missiles, was laid at INS Kalinga. The park aims to capture glimpses of missile history of INS Kalinga since 1981 till date.

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INS Kalinga is a Navy establishment located in Andhra Pradesh.

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Piyush Goyal attend Digital Summit on Exports organized by CII

Piyush Goyal, Minister for Commerce & Industry & Railways, participated in the Digital Summit on Exports organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) which has completed 125 years. EXIM Bank of India was the Institutional Partner for the Summit.

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NASSCOM to target for $500 billion export in next five years.

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India invites bid for One Sun One World One Grid

India for a global electricity grid called for bids to roll-out "One Sun One World One Grid" (OSOWOG) plan. The vision behind the OSOWOG mantra is "The Sun Never Sets" and is a constant at some geographical location, globally, at any given point of time.

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International Solar Alliance (ISA) was co-founded by India.

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IT Minister Launches National AI Portal of India

Minister for Electronics & IT, Law & Justice & Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad launched India’s national Artificial Intelligence Portal called www.ai.gov.in. It was jointly developed by MeiTY & IT Industry and he also launched ‘Responsible AI for Youth’

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‘Responsible AI for Youth’ aims to make youth AI-ready.

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MP govt launches 'Rozgar Setu' scheme to provide employment to labourers

Madhya Pradesh is the first state to launch a unique scheme to harness the work efficiency of labourers, 'Rozgar Setu' and to provide employment to them. Labourers will be provided employment in industries; construction works according to their skills.

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Survey work of skilled migrant labourers is to be started.

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World No Tobacco Day: 31 May

Every year, on 31 May, the World Health Organisation and global partners celebrate World No Tobacco Day. The annual campaign is an opportunity to raise awareness on the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco and to discourage the use of tobacco in any form.

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The USA recently terminated its relations with the WHO.

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Free Online Career Skills Training launched on NCS portal in partner with TCS iON

Ministry of Labour & Employment under its National Career Service project is offering free online "Career Skills Training" in partner with TCS iON for its registered jobseekers. This soft skills course assists learners in enhancing personality development.

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Around 76 Online Job Fairs conducted by NCS during the lockdown.

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BBB recommends Ashwini Bhatia for post of SBI MD

The Banks Board Bureau headed by B P Sharma. recommended names of Ashwini Bhatia, M V Rao and P P Sengupta for the post of managing director of three state-owned lenders - State Bank of India, Central Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank, respectively.

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BBB- headhunter for state-owned banks and financial institutions

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Yes Bank Acquires 24% Stake In Dish TV After Invoking Pledged Shares

Yes Bank, after the invocation of pledged shares, has acquired 44,53,48,990 equity shares of Dish TV India constituting approximately 24.19% of the post-issue paid-up share capital as at March 31, 2020. Dish TV is a DTH entertainment service provider.

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Yes Bank CEO: Prashant Kumar.

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SpaceX makes history with successful first human space launch

SpaceX flew NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to space aboard its Crew Dragon spacecraft using a Falcon 9 rocket. The launch, titled ‘Demo-2’, is for final demonstration mission in human rating process of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Falcon 9.

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It is the first time that humans have been aboard SpaceX vehicle

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Stefan Manegold Wins 2020 Sigmod Contributions Award

CWI researcher Stefan Manegold was awarded the 2020 SIGMOD Contributions Award. It recognizes his innovative work in data management community to encourage scientific reproducibility. Manegold was a pioneer in encouraging reproducibility in data management

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It is given for significant contributions to database systems.

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Delhi-based NGO wins WHO award

The World Health Organization (WHO) has conferred the World No Tobacco Day Award 2020 to the Socio-Economic and Educational Development Society (SEEDS), an NGO, for its efforts to ban pan masala, gutkha, e-cigarettes and hookah in Bihar and Jharkhand.

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SEEDS is among the 3 awardees from the South East Asia region.