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May 1 , 2019 1956 days 723 0
  • Lebanon’s capital Beirut has set a new Guinness World Record for the number of national flags raised in a city for 24 hours. It unfurled 26,852 flags.
  • Israel honoured India’s former Lt. Gen. JFR Jacob with a plaque on the Wall of Honour at the Ammunition Hill, Israel.
    • He negotiated the historic surrender of Pakistani troops in Dhaka after the 1971 Bangladesh's liberation war.
  • Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers' Meet in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
    • She also held a bilateral meeting with her Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe on the sidelines.

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