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| India’s ace cueist Pankaj Advani has clinched the 35th men’s Asian Snooker Championship held in Doha. Advani defeated Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 6-3 in the finals to become the first player to win the Asian Snooker and World Snooker championships in all formats. |
| Source: News On Air |
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| The International Olympic Committee (IOC) lifted the sanctions imposed on India to host international sporting events. The sanctions were imposed on india when Pakistani shooters were not issued visas for the World Cup held in Delhi in February 2019. |
| Source: The Business Standard |
 India has opened its first specialised hydrotherapy treatment for elephants suffering from arthritis, joint pain and foot ailments in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The care centre runs in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department and the NGO Wildlife SOS. It constitutes jumbo pool which is 11-foot-deep and has 21 high pressure jet sprays that create water pressure that massage the elephants’ feet and body and help in increasing blood circulation. |
| Source: The Hindu |
 Namma Kolhapuri chappal has earned Geographical indication tag from Intellectual Property India.
The approval for GI tag was jointly received by Karnataka and Maharashtra. These leather chappals are hand-crafted and tanned using vegetable dyes. The art of making them is passed down one generation to another.
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| Source: The Indian Express |
 World Music Day is observed every year on June 21. Each year there are events in over 120 countries and 700 cities around the world, not including France where there were too many events to count. The event is also known as Fête de la Musique (or World Music Day) and originated in France in 1982. |
| Source- The Quint |
 The International Day of Yoga is being observed on 21st June every year. The International Day of Yoga aims to raise awareness worldwide of the many benefits of practicing yoga. This is the 5th Edition of International Day of Yoga. Theme: Yoga for Climate Action |
| Source: The United Nations |
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| Annu Rani won the women’s javelin bronze in the 58th Ostrava Golden Spike athletics meet, an IAAF World Challenge event. While Croatia’s Sara Kolak took the gold and Slovenia’s Martina Ratej bagged the silver. |
| Source: The Hindu |
 The India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) (ECI) organized five-day training programme on Use of Technology in Elections for Election Officials of Union Election Commission of Myanmar. The Capacity Building Programs on Electoral technology is the 7th program in the series of the 09 programs scheduled across 2018-2019. On the occasion the Election Commissioner of India Sushil Chandra emphasised on the need of sharing best practices of Elections among Election Management Bodies to strengthen the democracy around the world and create transparency, trust and fairness in the electoral process through the use of technology. |
| Source- Press Information Bureau (PIB) |
 According to the President of India, construction or upgradation of about 35,000 kilometres of national highways are to be undertaken by 2022 under the ‘Bharatmala Project’. Also, under the ‘Sagarmala Project’, a network of good quality roads are to be constructed in coastal areas and areas adjoining ports. |
| Source: The Live Mint |
 According to Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Fund of Funds for Startups have provided financial support to 249 startups in last 3 years. The DPIIT is the monitoring agency and Small Industries Development Bank of India is the operating agency for FFS. FFS contributes to the corpus of SEBI registered Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs).These AIFs in turn have to invest at least twice the contribution under FFS in startups. |
| Source: The Business Standard |
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