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Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel to retire from Formula 1 at the end of the 2022 season

Sebestian Vettel won all four of his championships with Red Bull between 2010 and 2013 and is third on the all-time list of Grand Prix winners with 53 victories.

Only Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher have more titles than him.

He is set to retire at the end of the 2022 F1 season with Aston Martin.

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India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant handed over to Indian Navy

Maritime history was created with the Indian Navy taking delivery of the prestigious Indigenous Aircraft Carrier Vikrant, built by the Cochin Shipyard. The Commanding Officer Designate of Vikrant, Commodore Vidyadhar Harke and the Chairman and Managing Director of Cochin Shipyard Madhu S Nair signed the documents relating to the delivery of the vessel.

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Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare launches the 11th Agriculture Census in the country

The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare launched the country's 11th Agri Census. The Agricultural Census is the primary source of information on a wide range of agricultural parameters at the most granular level, including the number and area of operational holdings, their size, class-wise distribution, land use, tenancy, and cropping pattern, among others.

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The agriculture Census is conducted every five years

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International Tiger Day | 29th July

International Tiger Day is observed every year all over the world on July 29. The objective of the day is to raise awareness among individuals, organisations, and governments about the importance of the conservation of tigers. As per World Wildlife Fund, approximately 95 percent of the population of tigers has declined in the last 150 years.

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Ministry of Defences iDEX-DIO signs its 100th innovation contract

In April 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a project named iDEX (Innovations for Defence Excellence), billed as the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) flagship for technological innovation. iDEX was to encourage start-ups and provide them a platform for co-creation and co-development in defence and aerospace technology. In July i DEX signed its 100th project.

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DSF institutes first of its kind Dinesh Shahra Lifetime Award for Excellence in Music

The Foundation has instituted a first-of-its-kind ‘Dinesh Shahra Lifetime Award’ for Excellence in Music. The initiative is supported by the Indian Arts & Cultural Society. The Dinesh Shahra Lifetime Award, which we have announced, will herald some unsung Indian musicians to the spotlight and acknowledge their contributions.

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Cabinet approves additional investment by Bharat PetroResources Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corporation L

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved additional investment of USD 1,600 million (about Rs. 12,000 crore) by Bharat PetroResources Ltd. (BPRL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) for development of BM-SEAL-11 Concession Project in Brazil.

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EAM Jaishankar to pay 2-day visit to Uzbekistan to attend SCO meet

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to the Uzbek capital Tashkent on a two-day (July 28-29) visit to attend a foreign ministerial conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and their Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto are also expected to attend the SCO meet.

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Country installs capacity of electricity generation of over 403 Giga Watt as on June 30

The Country has an installed capacity of electricity generation of over 403 Giga Watt as on 30th June this year. This information was given by Power Minister R K Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha. He said the Centre had launched Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana 2015 with the objective of the financial and operational turnaround of the State-owned Power Distribution

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ICICI Pru Mutual Fund launches ICICI Pru Nifty IT Index Fund

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has launched ICICI Prudential Nifty IT Index Fund, an open-ended index scheme replicating the Nifty IT index. The NIFTY IT index captures the performance of Indian information technology companies. The index comprises 10 companies.

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Egypt and India sign MoU to build a green hydrogen factory worth $8 bln

India and Egypt have signed an MoU to set up a green hydrogen plant with investments of $8 billion and a capacity of 220,000 tonnes annually in the Suez Canal Economic Zone. ReNew will set up a plant in Egypt with a capacity to produce 20,000 tonne green hydrogen a year, which will later be raised to 220,000 tonne, by relying on renewable energy sources.

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Gujarat becomes first state to launch semiconductor policy: 2022 - 2027

The Bhupendra Patel-led Gujarat government has announced a dedicated ‘Gujarat Semiconductor Policy 2022-27’ with a view to generate at least 2,00,000 new employment opportunities during a period of five years. In addition, the state proposes to develop a special “Semicon City” which would be part of the Dholera Special Investment Region.

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Governor of Gujarat.- Acharya Devvrat

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HAL signs $100 mn contract with Honeywell for HTT-40 Engines

Government-owned Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has signed a contract aggregating to $100 million with US-based Honeywell for the supply and manufacture of 88 TPE331-12B engines/kits along with maintenance and support services to power the Hindustan Trainer Aircraft (HTT-40).The HTT-40 prototypes are powered by TPE331-12B engines and have been serving well since 2014.

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HAL Headquarters: Bengaluru

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Manufacturing sector gets USD 21 billion FDI in FY22

The manufacturing sector attracted foreign direct investments worth USD 21.34 billion in 2021-22, an increase of 76 per cent year-on-year, the commerce ministry said. It said the government has implemented several reforms under the FDI policy regime across sectors such as insurance, defence, telecom, financial services, pharmaceuticals, retail trading, and e-commerce.

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Ola Electric to locally make battery cells under Centre's PLI scheme

Ola Electric said it has signed an agreement under the Centre’s production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme to manufacture advanced cells in India. SoftBank-backed Ola said it is the only Indian electric mobility company selected by the Government of India under its ambitious Rs 80,000-crore cell PLI scheme, receiving a maximum capacity of 20 gigawatt hour (GWh) for its bid

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Ola had recently unveiled India’s first indigenously developed lithium-ion cell