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Leading Physicist Ajay Kumar Sood Appointed As Principal Scientific Advisor To Government Of India

Ajay Kumar Sood, a member of Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, has been appointed to the post for a period of three years to succeed renowned biologist K VijayRaghavan.

Sood was till recently a honorary professor in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

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Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was the first Principal Scientific Advisor from 1999-2001.

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West Indies All-Rounder Kieron Pollard Announces Retirement From International Cricket

Pollard played 123 ODIs after making his debut in the 2007 World Cup, scoring 2706 runs at an average of 26.01 with three centuries, and took 55 wickets along the way too. In 101 T20Is, he scored 1569 runs while striking at 135.14 with a high score of 75 not out.

Pollard has played the second-most men's international games (224) without playing a Test after David Miller.

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PM confers award for excellence in public administration on Civil Services Day | 21st April

PM Sh. Modi conferred the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration on the occasion of Civil Services Day at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.

The central govt. observe April 21 as Civil Services Day as an "occasion for the civil servants to rededicate themselves to the cause of citizens and renew their commitments to public service and excellence in works.

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Covishield Maker Serum Institute Of India's Founder Cyrus Poonawalla Is World's Richest Healthcare Billionaire

Cyrus Poonawalla, the founder of Indian Covid vaccine Covishield’s maker Serum Institute of India (SII), is the world’s richest billionaire in the healthcare sector this year. This is according to Hurun Global Healthcare Rich List of 2022.

The second richest healthcare billionaire globally is HCA healthcare owner Thomas Frist Jr and family.

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'Smart Cities, Smart Urbanization', Conference opens in Surat, with 100 Smart Cities joining from across the country

The 3-day "Smart Cities, Smart Urbanization" conference had a grand opening in Surat today. The event is being organised by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India with Surat Smart City Corporation Development Ltd.

Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs was the chief guest at the event.

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World Creativity and Innovation Day | April 21

The UN designated 21 April to be celebrated the World Creativity and Innovation Day in order raise the awareness about the crucial role of creativity and innovation in different aspects of human development.

The World Creativity and Innovation Week is also observed from April 15-21.

The theme this year is 'Collaboration'.

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated Global Ayush Investment & Innovation Summit 2022 at Gandhinagar,Gujarat

The three day Ayush global summit will witness a dialogue with entrepreneurs, industry, startups and other stakeholders to encourage them to increase investment for innovation in Ayush as the sector continues to showcase colossal room for growth.

A new category named ‘Ayush Aahar’ was announced which will greatly facilitate the producers of herbal nutritional supplements.

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India will soon introduce a special Ayush visa category.

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PM Modi inaugurated projects worth Rs 22,000 cr in Dahod and Panchmahal,Gujarat

Projects which the PM inaugurated were alone worth over Rs 1,400 crore.

Among these, Modi inaugurated Dahod District Southern Area Regional Water Supply Scheme, constructed at Narmada River Basin, which is worth around Rs 840 crore.

Foundation stone for manufacturing of 9000 HP Electric Locomotives at the Production Unit in Dahod was also laid. Project cost is Rs.20000 cr

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MoU signed between Indian Navy (IN) and M/s Larsen and Toubro (L&T)

The MoU aims to engage M/s L&T as a Knowledge Partner for nurturing technologies in various domains, for induction into the Indian Navy.

The MoU encompasses all the aspects related to Electrical, Weapon, Engineering, Machinery and Control, and Hull of a Naval Warship.

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INS Vagsheer,the sixth Scorpene Submarine of Project-75, launched in Mumbai.

INS Vagsheer was launched in Mumbai by Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar.

These submarines are being constructed at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Mumbai, collaboration with Naval Group, France.

Scorpene submarines can undertake multifarious types of missions i.e anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, intelligence gathering, mine laying, area surveillance etc

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INS Kalvari,first Scorpene class submarine was commissioned into the Indian Navy in 2017.

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India’s first pure green hydrogen plant commissioned in Jorhat

Oil India Limited (OIL) has taken the first significant step towards Green Hydrogen Economy in India with the commissioning of India’s First 99.999% pure Green Hydrogen pilot plant, with an installed capacity of 10 kg per day at its Jorhat Pump Station in Assam. The plant was commissioned in a record time of 3 months.

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OIL:
Chairman and MD: Sushil Chandra Mishra;
HQ: Duliajan

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Indian Grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh wins title at La Roda International tourney

Young Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh emerged victorious in the 48th La Roda International Open Chess tournament in Spain, scoring eight points from nine rounds.

The 15-year old GM from Chennai, who remained unbeaten through the nine rounds, defeated Israel's Victor Mikhalevski in the final round.

R Praggnanandhaa took the third spot.

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Scientists discover new eel species from Kerala, Bengal

A group of Indian scientists have discovered a new species of eel from among specimens collected from the Kalamukku and Digha Mohana fishing harbours in Kerala and West Bengal respectively.

The newly discovered eel belongs to the Congrid eels group and has been named Ariosoma indicum. The term Indicum means that it was found in India.

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Telangana to get world’s largest 3-wheeler EV making plant

California-based Biliti Electric Inc (Biliti) has announced that it would be establishing the world’s largest electric three-wheeler factory, with a production capacity of 240,000 EVs per year, in Telangana.

The new plant is estimated to bring an investment of US$ 150 million and generate over 3,000 jobs.

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Patrick Achi reappointed as Prime Minister of Cote d'Ivoire

Cote d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara has reappointed Prime Minister Patrick Achi, who resigned at the same time as his government a week earlier.

Achi, 66, was appointed prime minister in March 2021. He was the third prime minister in the West African state in the last three years after Amadou Gon Coulibaly and Hamed Bakayoko.

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Côte d'Ivoire:
Capital:Yamoussoukro;
Currency:West African CFA franc

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Integrated & hi-tech online portals,CROP and PQMS, to strengthen Indian Agriculture

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar launched these two portals, one for the Computerized Registration of pesticide (CROP) and the other for the Plant Quarantine Management System (PQMS).

The new portals will benefit farmers, exporters as well as industrialists.

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