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National Events
- Speaking to journalists in New Delhi, Yukiya Amano (Director general, IAEA ) lauded Indian efforts to check nuclear proliferation and peaceful use of nuclear energy.
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- Centre sanctioned Rs.2892 crores for disaster relief in 7 states. It’s the highest relief package in recent years.
- CBI registered case on Former air chief S.P.Tyagi in VVIP chopper scam.
International Events
- Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected as 266th pontiff, leader of Roman Catholic Church, Vatican City. He took the name Francis 1.
- Atacama Large Millimetre/ sub millimetre Array (ALMA), world’s most powerful telescope in Atacama Desert was switched on yesterday. Its 10 times sharper than Hubble space telescope.
- First Arctic summit was organised in Oslo by The Economist. India along with China applied for observer status in Inter Governmental Arctic Council. Its to explore natural resources in the region and melting of ice in Arctic.
Economy
- India, along with some other countries of WTO decided not to join negotiations on broadening ITA (Information Technology Agreement) proposed by US, EU, Japan…
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