Category: RECORDS, ALL OTHER excl. Asia & India

** Humidity hurdle for NIT in world’s wettest place

NIT Meghalaya insiders are not sure if dehumidifiers, a tad extra in the construction budget, can save its laboratory equipment in the long run

Excessive rain in the wettest place on earth is expected to peg one of India’s youngest technological institutes back by ₹1-crore.

But the “extra expenditure” on dehumidifiers is the least of the worries for the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Meghalaya coming up on 306.6 acres at Sohra – Cherrapunji to the world beyond – at an estimated cost of ₹429.70-crore.

The heads of the institute, functioning from its temporary campus in Meghalaya capital Shillong since 2012, are not sure if the dehumidifiers can save its laboratory equipment in the long run.

The permanent complex, under construction for almost a decade, is about 55 km south of Shillong and 20 km north of India’s border with Bangladesh.

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** Beulah Ruth Pinto Performs at EXPO 2020 Dubai

UAE Golden Visa nominee and the renowned English singer nicknamed as ‘The Queen of the Stage’ performs in EXPO 2020 on March 11.

Beulah’s performance witnesses a huge crowd at the Australian pavilion, incredible moments as audience members join in singing along with her and rejoicing in dancing.

I will Survive – (Gloria Gaynor)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=n3RcFIliO38&feature=share

Someone likes you – (Adele) https://youtube.com/watch?v=aT_EL_d63QY&feature=share

On December 16, 2021 Beulah Ruth Pinto performed at the Fashion Show among national and international models at Fashion Week 2021 in Dubai at Arena IMG Worlds of Adventure and was organised to showcase the national and international designers sharing the stage at this unique event in Dubai.

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** Gaurav Gupta, the Indian designer of choice for American rappers?

With a fabulous Oscar debut, and Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B as clients, the Indian designer is making his way onto Hollywood stylists’ checklists

There’s a certain rhythmic pattern that defines the design vocabulary of Indian couturier Gaurav Gupta, whose creations have recently been spotted on American rappers Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B. On Monday morning in India, Gupta’s blue-and-silver ruffled gown made a shared debut with Megan on the red carpet of the 94th Academy Awards.

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** Navy gets more reconnaissance power over Arabian Sea with new squadron

 In a significant move to strengthen the reconnaissance capability of Indian Navy towards the western seaboard, a new Naval Reconnaissance Air Squadron has been raised under the Western Naval Command (WNC) headquartered in Mumbai. 

The Navy on Monday said, “Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 316, Indian Navy’s second P-8I aircraft squadron, will be commissioned on March 29 at INS Hansa, Goa, in the presence of Naval chief Admiral R Hari Kumar.”

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** Indian American Raj Subramaniam to be new CEO of FedEx

Indian American Raj Subramaniam would be new Chief Executive Officer of FedEx, according to an announcement made on Monday by the U.S. multinational courier delivery giant.

Mr. Subramanian would replace Frederick W. Smith, chairman and CEO, who will step down from this position on June 1. He will now be its executive chairman.

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** Swiss Open badminton | Sindhu clinches title; wins second singles title in 2022

Ace Indian shuttler P V Sindhu notched up her second women’s singles title of the season with a straight game win over Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the summit clash of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament in Basel on Sunday.

Playing her second successive final in the tournament, Sindhu, a double Olympic medallist, took 49 minutes to get the better of the fourth seeded Thai 21-16 21-8 at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel.

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** Indian Premier League returns home bigger than ever

It will be the first time since 2011 that 10 teams be fighting it out for the most coveted T20 trophy in world cricket.

Indian cricket’s crown jewel, the IPL, is back home: bigger, better and longer.

It will be the first time since 2011 that 10 teams be fighting it out for the most coveted T20 trophy in world cricket.

Two new entrants, Lucknow Supergiants and Gujarat Titans, fetching a combined price of approximately USD 1.7 billion shows that brand IPL keeps getting bigger.

It took 14 years but the league has now well and truly gone global.

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** Dubai 2022 Para Athletics GP: Someswara Rao, Dharambir set Asian records, India claim 2 gold medals

Long jumper Someswara Rao Ramudri and javelin thrower Mohit lit up the evening for India, clinching gold medals in their individual events as Dubai 2022 World Para Athletics Grand Prix — 13th Fazza International Para Athletics Championships reached the penultimate stage here.

Overall, the Indian contingent won six medals on the day and set two Asian records, thanks to the efforts of Ramudri in the long jump men T64 final and Paralympian Dharambir in discus wheelchair men F51 final.

source/content : daijiworld.com

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