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- India inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ISE Foods, Japan’s largest egg producer.
- The objective is to improve the quality of eggs, disease diagnosis and waste management in poultry farms across India.
- Engineers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have developed a microprocessor called AJIT which could reduce the country’s dependence on imports.
- For related read please go here https://www.tnpscthervupettagam.com/indias-first-indigenous-microprocessor/ (News Dated 10.11.18)
- IRS Officer and former Narcotics Commissioner of India, Jagjit Pavadia has been re-elected by the UN Economic and Social Council to a five-year term on International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).
- Established in 1961, INCB is the independent and quasi-judicial control organ for the implementation of the United Nations drug conventions.
- A report by a team of Australian and Bangladeshi researchers in the journal “Science of The Total Environment” has warned that climate change and rising sea levels may wipe out Sunderbans
- Sunderbans marshy land hosts the world’s largest mangrove forest and a rich ecosystem supporting several hundred animal species, including the endangered Royal Bengal tiger.
- The Volleyball Federation of India has appointed Serbian Dragan Mihailovic as head coach of the men’s national team in a move linked to the long-term goal of Olympic Games qualification.
- India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) Sherpas meeting was held in Cochin, Kerala from May 3 to May 5, 2019.
- Before IBSA Sherpas meeting, the 9th IBSA trilateral Ministerial Meeting was also conducted at the same venue.
- The theme of May 1 Labor Day 2019 is “Uniting Workers for Social and Economic Advancement”.
- Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched 5$ billion Action Plan for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economies for the Asia and Pacific region.
- The US Air Force Research Laboratory tested a laser system called Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) at the US Army’s White Sands Missile range in New Mexico.
- It successfully shot down multiple air-launched missiles while in flight.
- Reliance Industries will acquire 259 years old iconic British toy-maker Hamleys for around Rs 620 crore.
- Hamleys was started with a single-store shop called “Noah’s Ark” in 1760.
- Pakistan cricket team’s former captain and star all-rounder Shahid Afridi released his autobiography, titled ‘Game Changer’. The book is co-authored by Afridi and journalist Wajahat S Khan.
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