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Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov wins International Booker Prize for 'Time Shelter'

'Time Shelter' penned by Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov and translated by Angela Rodel, has become the 1st book,written in Bulgarian to bag the International Booker Prize.

A £50,000 prize is awarded yearly to any outstanding work of fiction (novel or short story collection) that has been translated into English. It is split equally between the author and the translator.

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Infosys launches Topaz, an AI-first set of services, solutions, and platforms

IT services major Infosys Ltd launched Infosys Topaz an artificial intelligence-first set of services, solutions and platforms using generative AI technologies.

Infosys said Infosys Topaz converges the power of Infosys Cobalt cloud, and data analytics to "deliver cognitive solutions and intuitive experiences that revitalise growth.

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Industrialist Karumuttu T Kannan passes away

Industrialist Karumuttu T Kannan (70), chairman of Tamil Nadu-based Thiagarajar Mills and an independent member of TVS Motor’s board of directors, passed away in Madurai in Tamil Nadu.

Kannan, the son of the late industrialist and philanthropist Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, who founded the Thiagarajar Mills in 1936.

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Indian-Origin Sikh Becomes First Turban-Wearing Lord Mayor of UK City Coventry

Jaswant Singh Birdi, an Indian-origin Sikh councillor was appointed as the new Lord Mayor of Coventry, a city in the West Midlands of the UK.

After assuming the role of Lord Mayor, Birdi will become the chairman of the City Council. As the city of Coventry’s first citizen, he will be the non-political, ceremonial head of the city.

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Slovenia Open: Sameer Verma Wins Gold; Rohan Kapoor-Sikki Reddy Bag Silver

Indian shuttler Sameer Verma has won gold in the Slovenia Open Badminton Tournament being held in Maribor, Slovenia. In the men’s singles final, he beat Taiwan’s Su Li Yang. While the duo of Rohan Kapoor and Sikki Reddy bagged silver in the mixed doubles

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ICC suspends West Indies batsman Devon Thomas for alleged fixing in LPL 2021

The International Cricket Council (ICC), on behalf of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), has charged West Indies player Devon Thomas with seven counts under their anti-corruption codes and he has been provisionally suspended with immediate effect.

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Kerala to be first fully e-governed state

Kerala is set to declare itself India’s first “total e-governed state”.

The achievement, which comes decades after Kerala became the first fully-literate state and began its quest to become a fully e-literate society, has been realised through a set of policy initiatives of the government seeking to transform the state into a digitally-empowered society.

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Microsoft brings Bing to ChatGPT as default search engine

Microsoft has announced the integration of Bing Search into OpenAI`s ChatGPT in order to provide more relevant and potentially new responses.

Bing will serve as the "default search experience", allowing ChatGPT to retrieve answers from the internet and provide citations.

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India and Australia sign agreements in the field of migration, mobility partnership and Green Hydrogen

India and Australia signed agreements in the field of migration and mobility partnership and on the Green Hydrogen task force.

The Memorandum of Understandings were exchanged after a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese in Sydney

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Shri Bhagwanth Khuba inaugurates International Conference on Chemicals and Petrochemicals at New Delhi

During India's presidency of G20, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals in association with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organising B20 engagement on International Conference on Chemicals and Petrochemicals: Sustainable Transitions through Greentech & Digitalization on 24th May 2023, New Delhi, India.

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ISRO to launch NVS-01 navigation satellite to strengthen NavIC system

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch the navigation satellite 'NVS-01' onboard its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh by the end of the month.

NVS-01 is the first of the second-generation satellites envisaged for the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) services

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Indian Handicrafts Steal the Show at INDEX 2023 in Dubai World Trade Center

INDEX Dubai 2023, the prestigious international exhibition celebrating its 30th year, commenced at the Dubai World Trade Center.

This highly acclaimed event showcases the latest trends and innovations in the interior furnishings world.

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India makes tests mandatory for cough syrup export from June 1

India will now allow the export of cough syrups only after the samples are tested in a government laboratory, the government said in a notice. This order comes after India-made cough syrups were found to be contaminated, and were linked to the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia and Uzbekistan.

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Exporters will be required to get their cough syrups tested from June 1 onwards.