India
India Pavilion Launched at COP 23 in Germany
The India Pavilion at Conference of Parties (COP) 23 was inaugurated by Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan at Bonn in Germany.
The Minister is leading the Indian delegation, which is participating in the 23rd to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) being held at the Bonn, Germany from November 6-17, 2017. India’s theme for COP 23 is “Conserving Now, Preserving Future”.
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COP 22 was held in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Indian Railways Launches Main Arch on World’s Highest Bridge on Chenab
The Indian Railways has launched the main arch of the world's highest bridge on the River Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district which will provide direct connectivity to the Kashmir Valley.
The iconic bridge will soar 359 metres above the bed of the River Chenab and will be 30 metres higher than the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris.
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Piyush Goyal is the Present Minister of Railways.
The 1.3-km-long bridge is being constructed at a cost of Rs 1,250 crore.
India to Contribute USD 100 Million to UN Partnership Fund
India has pledged an additional amount of USD 100 million towards the UN partnership fund, scaling up its support to sustainable development projects across the developing world.
The contribution would be in addition to India's contribution of 10.582 million US dollar to various other UN program. A total of USD 398.98 million was pledged by about 20 countries during the conference session.
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Antonio Guterres is the Secretary general of United Nations.
UN Headquarters in New York, United Nations.
Long-Range Cruise Missile ‘Nirbhay’ Test-Fired
India conducted a flight test of its indigenously designed and developed long-range sub-sonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’. It can carry warheads of up to 300 kg from a test range at Chandipur along the Odisha coast.
This was the fifth experimental test of the homegrown missile system. The test fire was carried out by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
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S. Christopher is the present Chairman of DRDO.
India, Bangladesh Joint Military Combat Exercise 'Sampriti' Begins
Army personnel of India and Bangladesh are going to take part in a joint training exercise 'Sampriti-7' in Meghalaya and Mizoram. This is the 7th edition of the joint training exercise.
The 13-day exercise will be conducted at India's Jungle Warfare School at Vairengte in Mizoram and at the Joint Training Node at Umroi in Meghalaya.
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The joint exercise was first held in Assam in 2011 and since then both the countries have been hosting the exercise alternatively.
In 2016, the training exercise was conducted in at Bangabandhu Cantonment in Ghatail of Bangladesh.
India End Commonwealth Shooting Championship at Top with 20 Medals
The Indian shooting contingent finished the Commonwealth Shooting Championship 2017 with the best tally of 20 medals.
Indian shooters won a total of six gold, seven silver and seven bronze medals in the competition. On the competition's final day, Satyendra Singh and Sanjeev Rajput won a gold and a silver respectively in the men's 50m rifle three positions.
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The Championship was held in Brisbane, Australia.
‘Paradise Papers’ to Be Monitored Through Reconstituted Multi Agency Group
Revelations made in the media under the name ‘Paradise Papers’ [based upon expose done by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)] indicate that out of 180 countries represented in the data of offshore entities held by persons of different nationalities, India ranks 19th in terms of a number of names.
714 Indians reportedly appear in the tally. Further, the Government has directed that investigations in cases of Paradise Papers will be monitored through a reconstituted Multi Agency Group, headed by the Chairman, CBDT Sushil Chandra.
Sports
Shiv Kapur Clinches Panasonic Open Title
Shiv Kapur clinched his first Asian Tour title in India, bagging the Panasonic Open by three strokes, after bringing home a card of four-under 68 in the fourth and final round at the Delhi Golf Club.
It is second Asian Tour title of the season for Kapur, who fired five birdies against one bogey to stay three strokes clear off a pack of fellow Indians.
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Kapur had won the Yeangder Heritage in April and finished second at the Thailand Open this season.
He had won his first Asian tour title in 2005 at the Volvo Masters of Asia.
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple Wins UNESCO Asia Pacific Award of Merit 2017
The Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple of Srirangam in Tamil Nadu won UNESCO Asia Pacific Award of Merit 2017 for the cultural heritage conservation program.
It is first temple from Tamil Nadu to win the prize from the UN body. The two key parameters that made the temple most eligible to win the award are its traditional method of renovating temple premises.
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Irina Bokova is the Present Director-General of UNESCO.
UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France.
All You Need to Know About Paradise Papers
Almost eighteen months after Panama Papers leak, another massive trove of secret financial data has been leaked by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) named 'Paradise Papers'.
In the new set of records obtained primarily from Bermuda-based firm Appleby and Singapore-based Asiaciti Trust, a trove of 13.4 million documents, named ‘Paradise Papers’ has come to the fore.
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