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The first Deputy Prime Minister of India was Vallabhbhai Patel, who was also home minister in Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet.

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BRICS is the acronym coined for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Originally the first four were grouped as "BRIC" (or "the BRICs"), before the induction of South Africa in 2010.

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Membership: 189 countries (IBRD) 173 countries (IDA)
David Malpass (President) Kristalina Georgieva (Chief Executive Officer) Penny Goldberg (Chief Economist)

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Amit Panghal is an Indian professional boxer. He won silver medal at the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships in the Flyweight division.

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The 2020 G20 Riyadh summit will be the fifteenth meeting of the Group of Twenty. It will be held on 21–22 November 2020 in the capital city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The 2021 G20 summit will be the 16th meeting and will be held in Italy.

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This is the 1st Mega Aqua Food Park operationalised exclusively established for fish and marine products processing in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Union Minister Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal commissioned Godavari Mega Aqua Food Park at Tundurru Village in Bhimavaram Mandal, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh via video conferencing on 12 Feb 2019.

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It is the President who appoints the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), and he does so on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. The current CAG of India is Rajiv Mehrishi, who assumed office on 25 September 2017. He is the 13th CAG of India.

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Najma Akhtar is an Indian academic and academic administrator who has been the Vice-Chancellor of the Jamia Millia Islamia since April 2019. She is the first woman to hold the post.

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On 18 October 2010, Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta became its first Chairman. Justice Swatanter Kumar retired on 20 December 2017. After him, acting chairman of NGT was Justice Jawad Rahim. Retired justice Adarsh Kumar Goel is the incumbent chairman of the national green tribunal.

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Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers(GRSE) becomes 'first' Indian shipyard to deliver 100 warships. GRSE is one of India's leading shipyards, located in Kolkata, West Bengal. It builds and repairs commercial and naval vessels. Founded in 1884 as a small privately-owned company on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, it was renamed as Garden Reach Workshop in 1916. The company was nationalised by the Government of India in 1960.

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The OECD's headquarters are at the Chateau de la Muette in Paris, France. The OECD is funded by contributions from member countries at varying rates and had a total budget of 374 Euro million in 2017. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation that works to build better policies for better lives.

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International Chamber of Commerce(ICC), is founded in1919 at Atlantic City. Its headquarter is in Paris, France. its main aim is to enable businesses worldwide to secure peace, prosperity, and opportunity for all. SUN Group Chairman Vikramjit Singh Sahney elected as the new president of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

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Jaspal Rana contested mainly in the 25 m Centre Fire Pistol category.

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"Coming Round the Mountain" written by Ruskin Bond and published on 19 May 2019.

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Green

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The highest tiger population was recorded in Madhya Pradesh (526), closely followed by Karnataka (524) and Uttarakhand (442).

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The Royal Society of London has announced a list of 51 eminent scientists elected to its fellowship in the year 2019. Among these are Gagandeep Kang, who is now with the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad. Dr. Kang is the first Indian woman to be elected to the Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).

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Singapore

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Ramesh Pokhriyal is a member of the Council of Ministers.

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The seven members of the group are the following:
France, Italy, Japan, Germany, Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
This year, the 45th G7 summit will be held on August 24-26, 2019, in Biarritz, France. It will focus on fighting income and gender inequality and protecting biodiversity.
According to a senior administration official, Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron had agreed that Russia should be invited to the next G7 Summit to be held in 2020.
The 46th G7 summit will be held June 10 through June 12, 2020, in the United States while it holds the presidency of the G7.