• National Doctors' Day is a day celebrated to recognize the contributions of physicians to individual lives and communities.


• The date may vary from nation to nation depending on the event of commemoration used to mark the day. In some nations the day is marked as a holiday.

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• North Korean state media has hailed US President Donald Trump's impromptu visit to the country as "an amazing event".


• On Sunday, Mr. Trump became the first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea, accompanied by leader Kim Jong-un.


• Mr. Trump had earlier tweeted asking Mr. Kim if he would like to meet while the US president was in South Korea.

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• Police have clashed with protesters in Hong Kong on the 22nd anniversary of its shift from British to Chinese rule.


• City chief Carrie Lam attended the annual flag-raising ceremony on Monday morning, while police used pepper spray and batons to contain demonstrators.


• Millions have protested in recent weeks over a controversial extradition bill, which would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial.

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• Vast crowds have taken to the streets in Sudan to demonstrate against military rule, with reports of deaths and injuries.


• The state news agency said seven people had died and 181 were hurt, citing the health ministry.


• The pro-opposition Central Committee of Sudan Doctors spoke of at least five protesters being killed.

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• EU leaders meeting in Brussels are divided over who should get the EU's top jobs, including a successor to Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker.


• Center-right leaders from the EU's biggest political group had played down the chances of agreement on Sunday on a new Commission president.


• They oppose a plan to give the post to Dutch center-left politician Frans Timmermans, a deputy to Mr. Juncker.

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• Whaling boats embarked on Monday on their first commercial hunts since 1988, when Japan switched to so-called research whaling, but will stay within the country’s exclusive economic waters.


• Japan has resumed commercial whaling after 31 years, meeting a long-cherished goal of traditionalists that are seen as a largely lost cause.

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• The exercise for collecting information on locals and non-locals has a 60-day deadline Nagaland has decided to start a variant of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) that neighbouring Assam is updating.


• Nagaland’s Home Commissioner R. Ramakrishnan issued a notification for setting up of the Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN) aimed at preparing a master list of all indigenous peoples and checking the issuance of fake indigenous inhabitant certificates.

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• Industry groups seek simplification of registration and return filing to build on the gains; revenue trend in recent months signal turnaround.


• As the Goods and Services Tax (GST) enters its third year, tax consultants and industry groups point to the imperative need to ease the complexity surrounding procedures, especially with regard to registration and return filing, in order to build on the gains of the past two years.

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• US President Donald Trump’s tweet seeking the withdrawal of new trade tariffs imposed by India on the eve of G20 did not appear to have affected Prime Minister Narendra Modi who batted on the front foot when the two leaders met the following day, with the result that bilateral ties between the world’s two largest democracies remain on an even keel.


• According to diplomats based in New Delhi and Washington, while there have been no breakthroughs in bilateral ties, back-to-back meetings of PM Modi, first with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Trump have ensured that both sides know where and how the perceived differences on trade or third-party relationships have to be addressed.

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• The annual pilgrimage to Amarnath cave shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas would begin on Monday under tight security amid an escalation of militant violence.


• Officials said the first batch of 2,234 pilgrims arrived in Baltal and Pahalgam, the base camps for the pilgrimage in Ganderbal and Anantnag districts, on Sunday.


• They would begin a trek to the shrine located 3,888 meters above sea level on Monday.

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• India has moved down one place to 74th rank in terms of money parked by its citizens and enterprises with Swiss banks, while the UK has retained its top position, as per data released by the central banking authority of the Alpine nation.


• India was ranked 73rd last year, after jumping 15 places from its 88th position a year ago.


• An analysis of the latest annual banking statistics released by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) shows that India remains ranked very low when it comes to money parked by Indian individuals and enterprises in Swiss banks, including through their India-based branches, while accounting for just about 0.07 percent of the aggregate funds parked by all foreign clients of Switzerland-based banks.

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• Hosts England handed India their first defeat in 2019 World Cup by beating them by 31 runs on Sunday.


• With the victory, England moved to the fourth spot on the points table, while Pakistan slipped one place to the fifth position.


• Notably, India and England have now played 100 ODIs against each other, with England emerging victorious 42 times.

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• Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS Officer Aparna Kumar created history by becoming the first civil servant and IPS officer to achieve the incredible and rare feat of completing ‘7 Summits’ challenge.


• Kumar hoisted India's tricolour on Mount Denali in Alaska, USA. Mount Denali is the highest peak of North America standing at 20,310 ft.


• Kumar, who is ITBP Dehra Dun Frontier HQ DIG, scaled the summit in her third attempt.

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• Opener Rohit Sharma has become the second Indian batsman in history to smash three hundreds in a World Cup edition.


• The 32-year-old, who slammed 122* against South Africa and 140 against Pakistan earlier in 2019 World Cup, reached the three-figure mark in 106 balls against England today.


• Ex-India captain Sourav Ganguly had smashed three hundreds in the 2003 World Cup.

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• India captain Virat Kohli has become the first skipper to score five consecutive fifties in World Cup history.


• The 30-year-old achieved the feat after reaching the 50-run mark against England in the 2019 World Cup on Sunday.


• Kohli is only the second player ever to score five fifties in a row in World Cup history after Australia's Steve Smith.

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• Justice Lanusungkum Jamir of the High Court of Manipur administered the swearing in ceremony at the Darbar Hall of the Raj Bhavan, Imphal in the presence of Chief Minister of the state N Biren Singh, his cabinet colleagues, Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), top civil and police officers.


• He is given the additional charge as the Governor of Manipur, in addition to his own duties as the Governor of Nagaland in the absence (on leave) of Dr Najma Heptulla, Governor of Manipur.

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• Tamil Nadu Government appointed K Shanmugam as Chief Secretary (CS) of Tamil Nadu succeeding Dr. Girija Vaidyanathan.


• JK Tripathy was appointed as the Director General of Police (DGP) succeeding TK Rajendran.


• Shanmugam, a Tamil Nadu cadre IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer of 1985 batch, was posted as Additional Chief Secretary of Finance Department to the government. He is a native of Salem district, Tamil Nadu.

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