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Indian hockey gem Balbir Singh Dosanjh passes away

May 25, 2020
Balbir Singh Dosanjh
  • Former Indian hockey player Balbir Singh Dosanjh who was a part of the three-time Olympic gold medal-winning Indian hockey team, i.e. in London Olympics (1948), Helsinki Olympics (1952), and Melbourne Olympics (1956), passed away.

Abhas Jha appointed as World Bank’s Practice Manager for Climate Change

May 25, 2020
Abhas Jha
  • Abhas Jha has been selected as the World Bank’s Practice Manager for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management for South Asia and will be work to sustain, lead, inspire and position a team of highly qualified professionals to produce the best solutions for South Asian countries.

Khudol of Manipur has been listed in top 10 influencers to fight COVID-19 by UN

May 24, 2020
Khudol Manipur
  • Khudol of Manipur has been listed in the top 10 influencers to fight COVID-19  by the United Nations . Khudol is a crowd funded initiative by the Ya_All(Founded in 2017) and aims to provide food and medical supplies to people suffering from HIV, daily wage earners , childrens etc.

Govt of Bihar have tied hands to supply ”Shahi Litchi” & “Zardalu Mango” to the people at the doorstep.

May 24, 2020
Zardalu Mango
  • Bihar Postal Circle has made an agreement with the Department of Horticulture, Government of Bihar for logistics of Shahi Litchi from Muzaffarpur and Zardalu Mango from Bhagalpur and its door to door delivery.

“Parabolic Trough collector” developed to help solar energy device manufacturers

May 24, 2020
parabolic trough collector.

“Parabolic Trough collector” has been developed by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. This trough will focus sunlight on a small area where it will be absorbed and used for heating and energy generation. This project will be under the Center’s National Solar mission.

Bengaluru doctor Hema Divakar wins “Global Asian award”

May 24, 2020
Hema Divakar
  • Bengaluru-based medical doctor Hema Divakar was respected with the ‘Global Asian of the Year 2018-19’ award in Dubai recently for her yeomen services and contributions to the women’s healthcare ecosystem, in India, stated its organizer ‘Asia One’ magazine’s publisher on 19th May.

Microsoft halted the online sale of Huawei laptops after US ban on Chinese tech companies

May 24, 2020
Microsoft
  • Microsoft has eliminated the Huawei laptops it sold on its online store. The move of Microsoft is to comply with the US President’s executive order to shatter down on Chinese tech companies.

‘Hunar Haat’ to assure return in September with theme ‘Local to Global’

May 24, 2020
Hunar Haat
  • Hunar Haat’ a platform for artisans/craftsmen which supports them to produce employment, will come back in September with a ‘Local to Global’ theme after an over five-month gap due to the COVID-19.

Australian tennis legend Ashley Cooper passes away

May 24, 2020
Ashley Cooper
  • Australian tennis legend Ashley Cooper passed away. His career concluded in 1959 after suffering from a back injury. He was the administrator of the game for a long period.

Mizoram Cabinet presents “Industry” status to “Sports”

May 24, 2020
Sports
  • The Mizoram Cabinet has permitted “industry” status to “sports” to invest more in sports in order to generate employment and boost value.
  • Giving the industry status to sports would also assure sustainability, proper registration as well as management of sports.