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Seville to be host city for Laureus World Sports Awards 2021

April 14, 2021

The Spanish city of Seville will host the 22nd Laureus World Sports Awards in a virtual ceremony owing to the raging COVID-19 pandemic. The awards show, featuring presentations and related news stories will be available to the world’s media and broadcast extensively on Laureus social media platforms. The winners of Laureus World Sports Awards are selected …

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Hockey Player Balbir Singh Junior passed away

April 14, 2021

Balbir Singh Junior, who was a member of the silver medal-winning 1958 Asian Games Indian hockey team passed away. In 1962, he joined the Army as an emergency commissioned officer. He played for the Services hockey team in the national tournaments at Delhi. Singh retired as a Major in 1984 and later settled in Chandigarh. …

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar wins ICC Players of the Month award

April 14, 2021

India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has won the ICC Player of the Month award for his superlative show in the recent limited over series against England in March. Bhuvneshwar became the third successive Indian recipient of the award since its inception early this year. The 31-year-old Indian took six wickets with an economy rate of 4.65 …

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Rajnath Singh inaugurates IAF Commanders’ Conference 2021

April 14, 2021

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the First bi-annual Indian Air Force, IAF Commanders’ Conference 2021 at Air Headquarters Vayu Bhawan in New Delhi. The conference is attended by the Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief of all Commands of IAF, all Principal Staff Officers and all Director Generals posted at Air Headquarters. Buy Prime Test Series for …

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‘Lost golden city of Luxor’ discovered by archaeologists in Egypt

April 14, 2021

‘Lost golden city of Luxor’ discovered by archaeologists in Egypt. The 3,400-year-old royal city was built by Amenhotep III, abandoned by his heretic son, Akhenaten, and contains stunningly preserved remains. Buy Prime Test Series for all Banking, SSC, Insurance & other exams Egyptologist Betsy Bryan has called the discovery ‘the second most important one since …

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Eminent Historian Yogesh Praveen passes away

April 14, 2021

Eminent Historian and an expert on Awadh especially Lucknow Yogesh Praveen. Through his books and articles, he enabled the public to know about the rich heritage and culture of Avadh. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2019. The titles of his books like ‘Dastan-e-Avadh’, ‘Tajdare-Avadh’, ‘Bahar-e-Avadh’, ‘Gulistan-e-Avadh’, ‘Doobta Avadh’, ‘Dastan-e-Luknow’ and ‘Aapka Lucknow’ tell a …

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Siddharth Longjam appointed new NADA DG

April 14, 2021

IAS officer, Siddharth Singh Longjam will take over as the National Anti-Doping Agency’s Director-General. Longjam is currently serving as joint secretary in the sports ministry and is also the CEO of the currently suspended National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL). He will replace Navin Agarwal who listed the creation of Athletes Biological Passport (ABP) for around …

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Maharashtra gets India’s first floating LNG storage and regasification unit

April 14, 2021

India’s first Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) has arrived at H-Energy’s Jaigarh Terminal in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, on the west coast of India. FSRU based LNG Terminals aim at providing the ability to enhance the pace of natural gas import capability in an environment-friendly and efficient manner”. The port is the first …

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Kane Williamson awarded Sir Richard Hadlee medal

April 14, 2021

New Zealand star cricketer Kane Williamson was recently awarded the Sir Richard Hadlee medal. It was his 4th Sir Richard Hadlee award in 6 years. He had a great test season. He scored 251 against West Indies followed by a century on the boxing day. Williamson’s staggering performance against Pakistan helped New Zealand book a …

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PM Modi Inaugurates 6th Raisina Dialogue

April 14, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 2021 “Raisina Dialogue”, through video-conferencing. The Raisina Dialogue 2021 is the sixth edition of the annual dialogue, organised from April 13 to 16, 2021, in full digital form for the first time due to the coronavirus pandemic. Raisina Dialogue is India’s flagship conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics, organised …

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Daily Archives: April 14, 2021

Seville to be host city for Laureus World Sports Awards 2021

Hockey Player Balbir Singh Junior passed away

Bhuvneshwar Kumar wins ICC Players of the Month award

Rajnath Singh inaugurates IAF Commanders’ Conference 2021

‘Lost golden city of Luxor’ discovered by archaeologists in Egypt

Eminent Historian Yogesh Praveen passes away

Siddharth Longjam appointed new NADA DG

Maharashtra gets India’s first floating LNG storage and regasification unit

Kane Williamson awarded Sir Richard Hadlee medal

PM Modi Inaugurates 6th Raisina Dialogue

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