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- In a first, the UAE government has given birth certificate to a nine-month old girl who was born to an Indian Hindu father and a Muslim mother.
- It has declared 2019 as the Year of Tolerance to highlight UAE as an exemplary example of a tolerant nation.
- Neuroscientists at University of California have created a virtual vocal tract, completes with lips, jaw and tongue, that can generate natural-sounding synthetic speech by using brain signals.
- It could help people who could not speak due to injuries suffered in accidents or strokes or of neurodegenerative disorders.
- Australia’s Claire Polosak became the first female umpire to officiate in a men’s One-day International at the ICC World Cricket League Division Two match.
- As a mark of protest, India skipped the Belt and Road Forum summit in Beijing for the second time.
- India is against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a key component of the Belt and Road Initiative.
- The US Trade Representatives (USTR) placed India on its 'Priority Watch List' for lack of "sufficient measurable improvements" to India’s Intellectual Property (IP) framework.
- US threatens to take action against India based on its own law ‘Section 301 report’ or under World Trade organisation rules.
- Indigenously built seventh interceptor vessel named IGCS C-441 built by L & T Ltd has joined the Indian Coast Guard Service in a ceremony at Vizhinjiam port, Kerala.
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