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AWARDS AND HONOURS
- Moscow Light festival breaks two Guinness records
The annual international “Circle of Light” festival in the Russian capitalhas broken its own record for the largest projected image once again – and measuring more than 2.5 timeslarger, this year the video animation was even more spectacular. A dazzling 50,458 m² (543,125.39 ft²)image was projected onto the front of the Moscow State University main building, in front of a huge audience of amazed festival-goers The stunning show was created using high-res video mapping designed by a team of specialist 3D graphic artists.
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APPOINTMENTS
- Athlete becomes coach 10 yrs after failing gender test
Tamil Nadu-based athlete Santhi Soundarajan, who was stripped of her silver medal after failing a gender test at the Asian Games in 2006 has been appointed as a state-level coach in a permanent capacity. She was working on a contractual basis before this and had to take recourse to working as a daily wage labourer to earn her living. Santhi, who has won medals at several international track and field events, has been appointed as an athletic trainer in a permanent capacity with the state Sports Development Authority. Her salary would be Rs. 30,000 and other benefits.
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INDIAN AFFAIRS
- Irom names her party people’s Resurgence Justice Alliance’
Rights activist Irom Sharmila announced the name of her party as People’s Resurgence Justice Alliance. She launched the party in Imphal. She had expressed her desire to contest Manipur Assembly election next year when she broke her fast in August and had stated that she wanted to be the chief minister to further her demands.
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- India can now carry out nuclear attacks from sea, land, air
India has to launch nuclear weaponsfrom air, land and water, the Arihant, India’s first indigenously built naval ship, was reportedly commissioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August this year, after it was declared ready for operations in February. The ship can carry nuclear tipped ballistic missiles or Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclears. India’s land-based Agni missiles and fighter bombers have been able to launch nuclear missiles for some years now.
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- Jharkhand to introduce pension for sports persons
Jharkhand government will introduce a pension scheme for those sports persons who brought laurels to the state or the country, but are still working as daily wager. Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma issued the direction today to prepare sport person pension scheme for those players who had brought glory for the state or country but still working as a daily wager.
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- Food Security Act to be implemented in Kerala in 2017
A pilot project to supply ration food articles at the doorstep as part of implementing the Food Security Act would be launched in Kerala on November 1. Initially, the scheme would be launched at Kollam in the next month, a release from the State Food Minister P Thilothaman.
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- Modi to inaugurate 1st National Tribal Carnival
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first National Tribal Carnival in Delhi on October 25, which intends to promote a sense of inclusiveness amongst the tribals. Making the announcement, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Shri Jual Oram said the carnival will showcase and promote various facets of tribal culture on a large scale.
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- Vodafone partners with Hi-Web to enter Iranian market
Vodafone has agreed a partnership with Iranian internet firm HiWeb to help modernise its network, the companies said on Tuesday, making the British company the latest Western firm to enter Iran after sanctions were lifted. Vodafone, the world’s second-largest mobile phone company, said the agreement to help modernise HiWEB’s network and IT infrastructure would also benefit its multinational corporate clients when they travel to Iran.
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- September 2016 is the warmest on record: NASA
Last month was the warmest September in 136 years of record-keeping, meaning 11 of the past 12 consecutive months dating back to October last year have set new monthly high-temperature records, NASA said. According to a monthly analysis of global temperatures by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in the US, September 2016’s temperature was a razor-thin 0.004 degrees Celsiuswarmer than the previous warmest September in 2014.
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- Scientists launch new antarctic research mission
More than 50 researchers from 30 countries are to carry out the first scientific full circumnavigation of Antarctica in an attempt to measure pollution and climate change.The international team will cruise on Russian research vessel Akademik Treshnikov, leaving Cape Town on December 20 and returning on March 18 next year, braving hostileconditions in an effort to gain a deeper understanding of humankind’s effect on the Southern Ocean.
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- Qualcomm announces world’s first 5G modem
The San Diego-based mobile chipgiant announced it will be launching the world’s first 5G modem, called the Snapdragon X50. The chip could theoretically support download speeds on your smartphone of up to 5 gigabits per second. The average 4Gdownload speed in the United States is 9.9 megabits per second (short of the global average of 13.5 Mbps), according to study from Open Signal published.
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- Climate change could push 122mn into extreme poverty: UN
Climate change could sink up to 122 million more people into extreme poverty by 2030, mostly in South Asia and Africa, where small farmers would see their output plummet, theUN warned. In an annual report, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) warned that a worst-case scenario involving high-impact climate change would pound the communities that rely on agriculture for their livelihood.
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