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IIT Madras Develops Drone Algorithms To Help Study How Fire Behaves In Space Stations, Satellites

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have developed algorithms for drones to help study how fire behaves in space stations, shuttles and satellites.

According to the team, a multirotor microgravity platform can also simulate reduced-gravity environments similar to Moon and Mars, thereby recreating those conditions on Earth for experiments.

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PM Modi inaugurated Zen Garden and Kaizen Academy at Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a Zen garden and Kaizen Academy in Gujarat's Ahmedabad.

This is yet another instance showcasing the close bond between India and Japan.

Zen-Kaizen' at AMA seeks to showcase several elements of Japanese art, culture, landscape and architecture.

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Goa Claims To Be First Rabies-Free State In The Country With Not Even Single Case In 3 Years

Goa is now the first rabies-free state in the country. The task of rabies control has been carried out by the Mission Rabies project, which is being run through a central government grant. Goa achieved 5,40,593 vaccinations against rabies in dogs and educated nearly a lakh people in dog bite prevention across the state as well as set up 24-hours rabies surveillance.

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Goa CM: Pramod Sawant;
Governor: Bhagat Singh Koshyari

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Vigilance Commissioner Suresh N Patel to act as CVC

Vigilance Commissioner Suresh N Patel will act as the central vigilance commissioner (CVC) in the Central Vigilance Commission, according to a Personnel Ministry notification.

The appointment was necessitated after Sanjay Kothari completed his term.

The commission is headed by the CVC and can have a maximum of two vigilance commissioners.

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China's first solo-operated deepwater gas field starts production

China's first solo-operated deepwater gas field started production, the country's national offshore producer China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd said.

Shenhai-1, meaning deepsea, is expected to produce up to 3.39 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas every year, or roughly 2% of China's total gas output.

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The deepsea gas project, built in the Lingshui 17-2 gas field in the South China Sea.

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Mawya Sudan becomes IAF’s 1st woman fighter pilot from J&K

24-year-old Mawya Sudan has become the first woman from Jammu and Kashmir to become a fighter pilot.

She is the country’s 12th woman fighter pilot.

Mawya’s family originally belongs to Lamberi village on the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district.

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Swimmer Srihari Natraj qualifies for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Srihari Natraj qualified for the Olympics in the 100m backstroke after clocking an impressive 53.77 seconds in a time trial event.

This is the first time in the history of the Olympics that two Indian swimmers have earned direct qualification to the Games.

Sajan Prakash became the first Indian swimmer to earn a direct qualification to this Olympics.

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Formula One: Red Bull's Max Verstappen Wins Styrian Grand Prix

Red Bull's Max Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton to take a dominant victory in the Styrian Grand Prix and extend his championship lead to 18 points.

It was his second and Red Bull's fourth consecutive win, as he moves into a position of control in the title race.

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Assam govt signs MoU with Survey of India for rural property survey

The Assam government has signed an MoU with the Survey of India for implementing the Svamitva scheme in the state, which aims to provide an integrated property validation solution for rural areas.

The Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj, and Assam Government's Department of Revenue and Disaster Management will implement the scheme.

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Assam CM: Himanta Biswa Sarma;
Governor: Jagdish Mukhi

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Govt extends second phase of FAME scheme for electric vehicles by 2 years

The government has extended the second phase of FAME India scheme by two years till March 31, 2024, for faster adoption of electric mobility and development of its manufacturing ecosystem in the country.

The second phase of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles India scheme focuses on supporting the electrification of public and shared transportation.

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Indian Ambassador to UN co-hostsed special event on country's efforts to achieve 2030 agenda

Ambassador of India to United Nations T S Tirumurti has expressed happiness over co-hosting a special event at the United Nations HLDE 2021 on India's efforts to achieve the 2030 agenda. Accelerating Citizen-Centric Energy Transition" -Special event at United Nation HLDE 2021 on India's efforts to achieve 2030 Agenda.

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India selected Global Champion for Energy Transition Track.

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ARCI develops cost-effective catalysts for metal-air battery

ARCI has developed cost-effective catalysts for metal-air battery which can decrease cost and increase the efficiency of metal-air batteries.

A new non-precious metal-based bi-functional electrocatalyst (capable of catalysing two different types of reactions) can decrease cost and increase the efficiency of metal-air batteries.

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ARCI:- International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials

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Tamil Nadu power sector companies incurred Rs 13,000 Cr loss: CAG

Increased power purchase, coal handling, financing and employee costs has resulted in the five Tamil Nadu state power sector companies incurring a loss of about Rs 13,176 crore, said the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report for 2018-19.

The CAG report said the power utility incurred an additional cost of Rs 7,396 crore in higher power purchase and generation

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PharmEasy to acquire 66% stake in Thyrocare for over Rs 4,500 crore

Online pharmacy startup PharmEasy is acquiring a majority stake in diagnostics chain Thyrocare Technologies as it looks to diversify and bolster its testing business.

PharmEasy parent API Holdings signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 66.1% stake in Thyrocare for Rs 4,546 crore.

This is the first acquisition of a listed company by an Indian unicorn.

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Dragon fruit cultivated by Maharashtra farmers exported to Dubai

A consignment of Dragon fruit, which was renamed as Kamalam in India, cultivated by the farmers of Tadasar village in Maharashtra's Sangli has been exported to Dubai.

Dragon fruit is not a local product of India and grown mainly in Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, the United States and Vietnam, production of the fruit began in India in the early 1990s

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Producing states:- Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, etc.

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National Award-winning cinematographer and director Sivan passes away at 89

Mollywood’s veteran cinematographer and director Sivan passed away recently.

The ace cinematographer rose to fame in the Malayalam film industry with the photographs, he took for a film titled Chemeen.

Sivan has won a National Award three times in his career.

Cinematographer Santosh Sivan, Sangeeth Sivan and Sanjeev Sivan are his sons.

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His popular films include Abhayam, Yagam, Keshu, Kochu Kochu Mohangal, Oru Yathra, etc.

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Archery World Cup Stage 3: Deepika Kumari completes hat-trick of gold medals in Paris

Deepika Kumari beat Elena Osipova of Russia 6-0 in the final to clinch her third gold medal at the tournament.

Deepika has also won the top prize in the mixed team and women's individual recurve events.

Deepika's 2nd gold medal came with husband Atanu Das in the mixed team recurve event.

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Before that Deepika, Ankita Bhakat & Komalika Bari won gold in the women's recurve event