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- A short film, 'Raaya', about an autistic girl has been chosen as India's official entry into the Cannes Film Festival 2018. Apart from the honour, 'Raaya' has already bagged the 'Special Festival Mention Award' at Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival 2018.
- Badmintion Association of India (BAI) President Himanta Biswa Sarma was elected as the Vice-President of Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) during the Annual General Meeting of the continental body in Bangkok, Thailand.
- The Union government has selected Mangaluru as “India’s best city in solid waste management” under the categories of cities having a population between three lakh and 10 lakhs under Swachhata Survekshan 2018.
- Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala appointed Kombarana Ganapathy Bopaiah, the Karnataka BJP legislator from Virajpet as the Pro-Tem Speaker of the assembly to preside over a crucial floor test.
- Guatemala is now the second country to move its Israeli embassy back to Jerusalem. The move comes just two days after the U.S. opened its own embassy in the city.
- The very first National Para Games, created on the lines of National Games for able-bodied athletes, will be held under the Khelo India Scheme in June-July in Bengaluru.
- A 16-year-old girl from Haryana has registered her name as the youngest woman to scale the world highest peak (Mt Everest) from the Nepali side.
- Green Good Deeds, the societal movement launched by Environment, Forest & Climate Change Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan to protect the environment and promote good living has found acceptance by the global community.
- The BRICS Ministerial on Environment has agreed to include “Green Good Deeds” in its official agenda in the next Ministerial in Brazil and another meeting in Russia.
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