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‘Olly’ made Hockey World Cup mascot
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Turtle ‘Olly’ has been declared as the official mascot for the Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup.
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Hockey World Cup is scheduled to be held at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from November 28 to December 16, 2018.
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‘Olly’ represents the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles.
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Olly was also the mascot for Asian Athletics Championships held in 2017.
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INS & Aircraft reach for IND-INDO CORPAT
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Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kulish and an Indian Dornier (naval maritime time patrol aircraft) from Andaman and Nicobar command entered Belawan harbour, Indonesia
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INS Kulish and Indian Dornier will attend the 32nd edition of ‘India – Indonesia coordinated patrol’ (IND-INDO CORPAT).
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IND-INDO CORPAT began on 11 October 2018 and will end on 27 October 2018.
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Pravin appointed as Chief Statistician
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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has appointed Pravin Srivastava as Chief Statistician of India, and Secretary of the Statistics Ministry.
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Before this, he worked as additional director general in the national accounts division of the Statistics Ministry.
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Pravin Srivastava is the 1983-batch Indian Statistical Service officer.
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‘Bioelectronic medicine’ which repair nerves
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Researchers at Washington University have developed the first bioelectronic medicine.
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The medicine is an implantable, biodegradable wireless device that speeds nerve regeneration and improves the healing of a damaged nerve.
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The device provides therapy and treatment over a clinically relevant period of time and directly at the site where it’s needed.
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Nirmala on a 3-day visit to France
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Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began a three-day visit to France on 11 October 2018.
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Ms Sitharaman will hold wide-ranging talks with her French counterpart Florence Parly on ways to deepen strategic cooperation between the two countries.
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Ms Sitharaman will also take stock of progress in the supply of 36 Rafale jets by Dassault to the Indian Air Force under a Rs. 58,000 crore deal.
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