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| Sarkari Naukri |
1. India’s richest man and Reliance Industries Chairman, Mukesh Ambani overtook Hong Kong’s Li Ka-shing to emerge as Asia’s second-richest man.
2. Senior bureaucrat Ambuj Sharma has been appointed Secretary-General, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
3. The UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Home Ministry have joined hands to combat human trafficking originating from the neighbouring countries.
4. American neuroscientist Marian Diamond who studied Albert Einstein’s brain in 1984, passed away. She was 90.
5. JNU Professor Manoj Pant has been appointed as the Director of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT).
6. State-run India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) has appointed Ravneet Kaur as the Chairperson and Managing Director.
7. The government has allowed trade of several commodities at four border haats between India and Bangladesh.
8. US President Donald Trump awarded the first ‘Medal of Honor’ to an Army medic James
McCloughan who ran into danger to save wounded soldiers during a Vietnam War.
9. Technology giant Cisco has named former Philips Healthcare executive Sameer Garde as the President for its India and SAARC operations.
10. Off-spinner Moeen Ali became the first English spinner in 79 years to pick up a Test hat-trick against South Africa.
11. E-commerce major Flipkart completed the merger with eBay India’s operations.
