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- According to Britain’s Sunday Times Rich List 2019, Indian-origin Billionaire Hinduja brothers (Sri and Gopi Hinduja) with 22 billion pounds worth of assets were named as wealthiest people in the UK continuously for a third time.
- Zimbabwe-born Valerie Moran became first black female entrepreneur ever to be ranked in the Times Rich List.
- The theme of National Technology Day (May 11, 2019) is: “Science for People and People for Science”.
- The Home Ministry has cancelled the FCRA licence of Infosys Foundation after a repeated request was made by the not-for-profit initiative of the IT company.
- The Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) enables an association or an NGO to receive foreign funds and they have to mandatorily register under it to receive such funds.
- HMAS Toowoomba, a frigate of the Royal Australian Navy has paid a visit to the Chennai port on counter-terrorism, anti-piracy and broader maritime security initiatives. For related news please go here: https://www.tnpscthervupettagam.com/ausindex-19/
- The Nilgiris district police has inducted a 60-member strong volunteer service termed “Nilgiri brigade” to assist the police as well as the public during the summer tourist season.
- An Assam forest officer has discovered Lecanorchis taiwaniana - one of the smallest orchids in India in terms of size and duration of bloom to be recorded botanically.
- This orchid is a mycoheterotroph – a parasitic plant that has abandoned photosynthesis and depends on fungi for food. Myco-heterotrophy is considered a kind of cheating relationship with no benefit for the fungi.
- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has signed an agreement with Pakistan to loan $6 billion over the next three years to meet its foreign debt obligations.
- Pakistan off-spinner Sana Mir became the most successful women’s One Day International spinner in history after she took her 147th wicket playing against South Africa in the third ODI of ICC Women’s Championship.
- The World’s No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic has won the Madrid Open 2019 title. He defeated the Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2 straight sets - 6-3, 6-4.
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