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Lionel Messi wins record seventh men's Ballon d'Or

Lionel Messi won the men’s Ballon d’Or for a record-extending seventh time during the 65th Ballon d'Or ceremony at Theatre du Chatelet, in Paris.

Alexia Putellas became the third winner of the women’s award for an outstanding season with Barcelona and Spain.

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Bio-Jet Fuel Technology Developed By Dehradun-Based CSIR-IIP Gets Formal Military Certification For Use In IAF Aircraft

Dehradun-based CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP's) home-grown technology to produce bio-jet fuel has been formally approved for use on military aircraft of the Indian Air Force.

Indian bio-jet fuel can be produced from used cooking oil, tree-borne oils, short gestation oilseed crops grown off-season by farmers, and waste extracts from edible oil processing units.

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World AIDS Day 2021: December 1

The world marks AIDS Day on December 1 to highlight the work done to eliminate the epidemic. The day is also observed to extend support to those who have to live with the life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus.

The first World AIDS Day was observed in 1988.

The theme of World AIDS Day 2021:- “End inequalities. End AIDS. & End Pandemics” .

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ADB approves USD 125 million loan for water supply, sanitation projects in Uttarakhand

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of USD 125 million (around Rs 938 crore) for water supply and sanitation projects in Uttarakhand.

The funds will be utilised to improve access to quality water supply and sanitation services in the Himalayan state.

Under this project, 136 kilometres of water pipe system will be constructed.

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Uttarkhand CM:- Pushkar Singh Dhami; Governor:- Gurmit Singh.

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Border Security Force marks its 57th Raising Day :- December 1

The BSF is celebrating its 57th Raising Day on December 1.

India’s first line of defence, BSF was formed on December 1, 1965, as a unified central agency, for ensuring the security of Indo-Pakistan & Indo-Bangladesh borders and for matters connected therewith.

This year, for the first time, BSF will celebrate its raising day in the border area of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.

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RBI imposes ₹2 cr penalty on two Payment System Operators for regulatory violation

The RBI fined Tata Communications Payment Solutions (TCPSL) Rs 2 crore and Appnit Technologies Pvt Ltd (ATPL) Rs 54.93 lakh for failing to comply with orders given under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007. (PSS Act).

These were offences of the type specified in Section 26(6) of the PSS Act, notices were sent to the entities.

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Airtel Payments Bank names Pinak Chakraborty as new Chief Information Officer

Airtel Payments Bank has appointed Pinak Chakraborty as its new Chief Information Officer.

He will be leading Airtel Payments Bank’s overall technology strategy & be responsible for digital innovation and transformation of products and services.

Prior to joining the Bank, he was heading product engineering for PayMaya, a fintech based out of the Philippines.

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Airtel payment bank:- MD & CEO:- Anubrata Biswas; COO :- Ganesh Ananthanarayanan.

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NITI Aayog organises knowledge sharing workshop on Natural Farming

As a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of progressive India, NITI Aayog is organizing a series of events from November 2021- April 2022.

The opening remark of the event was given by Dr Neelam Patel, Senior Adviser (Agriculture), NITI Aayog which was followed by an address by Ramesh Chand, Member (Agriculture).

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NITI Aayog CEO:- Amitabh Kant

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Ministry of Electronics & IT, Govt of Andhra Pradesh & NASSCOM launch ‘Centre of Excellence of IoT and AI’ in Visakhapatnam

National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), in a joint partnership with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Government of Andhra Pradesh, has inaugurated the ‘Centre of Excellence on IoT and AI’ at Andhra University Campus, Visakhapatnam, aimed at promoting innovation in emerging technologies of IoT, AI, robotics, etc.

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Lt Gen Manoj Kuma Mago to head National Defence College

Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Mago has taken over as the Commandant of National Defence College, New Delhi.

Lt Gen Mago, who hails from Ludhiana, was commanding the 10 Corps at Bathinda before being given the assignment at NDC that entails evolving a strategic culture among the country’s senior-most officials of the military, the civilian bureaucracy and the Indian Police Service.

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He was commissioned into the 7th Battalion of the Brigade of Guards in 1984.

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National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) launched with the aim to augment the availability of edible oil in India

During the year 2020-21, India imported 133.5 lakh tonnes of edible oil, out of which the share of palm oil was around 56 %.

The salient features of NMEO-Oil palm include assistance for planting material, inputs for intercropping up to a gestation period of 4 years.

The total approved cost of the NMEO (Oil Palm) Scheme is ₹ 11,040 crore.

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Telugu film lyricist ‘Sirivennela’ Seetharama Sastry passes away

Award-winning Telugu lyricist and Padma Shri awardee Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry passed away following lung cancer-related complications. He was 66.

He was also honoured with Padma Shri in 2019 for his contribution to the film world and literature.penned songs for Swarna Kamalam , Swayamkrushi , Shrutilayalu , Swara Kalpana , Swati Kiranam, etc.

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