Swati Dhingra – Asst Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE).
She is a part of 5 member panel set up by the Department of International Trade (DIT) to advise post-Brexit Free Trade Agreements (FTA’s) with countries.
www.sdhingra.com
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75% of world tiger population now in India
India’s tiger census of 2018 has entered the Guinness Book of World Records for being the largest ever camera-trap wildlife survey conducted anywhere in the world.
According to the survey, the country was home to an estimated 2,967 tigers, nearly 75 per cent of the global population. Of all the big cats, 2,461 (around 83 per cent) have been photo-captured.
Apart from setting a new world standard, the results validated India’s efforts in tiger conservation. The country’s tiger population increased by roughly one-third, from 2,226 in 2014 to 2,927 in 2018 .
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IBEF, India Brand Equity Foundation / www.ibef.org
Rahul Murali Krishnan holds the record for ‘Fastest 100 Digits Substraction Ever’.
Rahul Krishnan can substract 100-digit numbers in 54.89 seconds (less than 1 minutes).
His certificate was awarded by ‘Official World Record Organisation’, Spain.
Chitharesh Natesan, known as the ‘Indian Monster’ was crowned as ‘Mr.Universe ‘ at the ’11th World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship (WBPS) 2019’ event in South Korea, held during 05-11th, November 2019.
First time an Indian to be crowned Mr. Universe 2019
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Reetinder Singh Sodhi scored 126 runs against Kenya in the U19 World Cup 1998 and became the first Indian cricketer to score a century in U19 World Cup Cricket.
Right hand batsman and all-rounder.
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American Scientist – Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan has been appointed by U.S President Donald J Trump as the 15th Director , of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The term is for 6 years.
The NSF is the top American body supporting fundamental research on non-medical fields of science. It has a budget of USD 7.4 billion .
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Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan is the second Indian-American to be nominated to this prestigious science position. His predecessor was Dr. Subra Suresh who served during October 2010 and March 2013.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) was the first Indian mission to reach the true North Pole and complete ‘ Exercise Cooperative Cope Thunder 2003 ‘ .
A 14-member team of the IAF, led by the pilot on on the mission – Group Captain S R K Nair on the IAF’s IL-76 reached the true North Pole on June 19th, 2003.
The aircraft reached over the true North Pole on June 19th, 2003 at 18:45 GMT (June 20, 00:15 IST).
This unique feat has not yet been repeated by any IAF Pilot or IAF team till date.
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Subsequently a Boeing 777 of Air India achieved the same feat.
Actress Radhika Apte’s directorial debut short film ‘The Sleepwalkers’ has won the ‘The Best Midnight Short Award’ at Palm Springs International Short Fest, USA.
The short film stars Shahana Goswami and Gulshan Devaiah and is centred on the subject of sleepwalking.