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February 22 , 2020 1661 days 1339 0
  • Indian-origin Rishi Sunak has been appointed as the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom by PM Boris Johnson.
    • Rishi Sunak is the son-in-law of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy.
  • Honorary Doctorate was given to 5 years old archery world champion Sanchana (Tamil Nadu).
    • she is the youngest person who got Honorary Doctorate.
  • India’s Koneru Humpy won the Cairns Cup chess tournament held at St.Louis, US (United States).
  • First autonomous human flight took place in Dubai.
    • Jetman Vince Reffet took off and reached 1000 metres in 30 seconds at an average speed of 130 knots.
  • Sri Srinivasan became the first ever Indian-American to be appointed as Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
    • The DC circuit is considered more powerful as it is only next to the US Supreme Court.

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