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• The United Nations' International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action is observed on April [latex]4^{th}[/latex] each year.


• This day aims to raise awareness about landmines and progress toward their eradication.


• Awareness programs and activities to mark the day take place in many countries around the world on April [latex]4^{th}[/latex] every year. Activities for these awareness-raising events include photo exhibits, press conferences, film screenings, educational displays and community chats

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• Israel's military says it has recovered the remains of an Israeli soldier missing since the 1982 war in Lebanon.


• The body of Sergeant First Class Zachary Baumel, a US-born tank commander, was flown back to Israel on an El Al plane a few days ago.


• He was one of three soldiers still listed as missing in action since the Battle of Sultan Yakoub.

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• The Kremlin press secretary has said he cannot understand a survey that shows that Russians struggle to afford new shoes.


• Dmitry Peskov was commenting on a report by state statistics agency Rosstat.


• It found that a third of households polled could not afford more than two pairs of shoes per person, per year.

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• The United States and Turkey remain at loggerheads over Ankara's plan to buy the air defense system from Russia, which Washington believes would compromise the security of its F-35 fighter jets, made by Lockheed Martin Corp.


• US Vice President Mike Pence warned Turkey against buying a Russian S-400 anti-missile system, keeping up pressure on the NATO ally to abandon a purchase that Washington views as a threat to US military equipment.

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• Worldwide, nearly 900 million people have no water at all at local health facilities or use water from unprotected wells or springs, state WHO and Unicef


• the world’s health facilities lack basic water services, impacting 2 billion people, the United Nations said, warning that unhygienic conditions could fuel the global rise of deadly superbugs.

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• In daily press conferences - and on his Twitter biography - Ekrem Imamoglu of the opposition CHP party says he's the new mayor.


• Preliminary results from the election board show he won the local election here last weekend by some 25,000 votes.


• But across the city the ruling AK Party has put up victory posters, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and candidate Binali Yildirim thanking Istanbul for the win.

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• Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Sescurity Force (CISF), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Sahastra Seema Bal (SSB)— ministry of home affairs officials familiar with the matter said.


• The move, when implemented, is expected to benefit about nine lakh personnel of the paramilitary forces, officials cited above said.

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• In a move that could provide much needed relief to home buyers and level the field with the builders the Supreme Court has held that real estate developers cannot have agreements which are biased against homebuyers.


• The apex court pointed out that such a contract would fall under unfair trade practices of the Consumer Protection Act.

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• India said it was saddened by the damage due to the devastating thunderstorm that struck Nepal's Bara and Parsa districts and was ready to provide all assistance required.</li.
  
• "We are deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and damage to property in Nepal following the devastating thunderstorm that struck Bara and Parsa districts of Nepal," the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.

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• The Supreme Court has dismissed a special leave petition filed against an October 2018 verdict of the Kerala High Court setting aside the Employees Pension (Amendment) Scheme (GSR609(E)) introducing various changes that have drastically reduced the pension eligibility of employees.


• The Supreme Court’s order in this case would have an impact on a pending petition filed by retirees and members of the Employees Pension Scheme (EPS) 1995,

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• The central bank is also expected to take a relook at its inflation numbers, growth target and the liquidity framework.


• The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will announce its resolution under the first bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2019-20

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• The bank had posted a lower operating profit of ₹38,503 cr in the first nine months of FY19.


• Rajnish Kumar, Chairman, State Bank of India, has exhorted his bank’s 2.60-lakh-odd employees to roll up their sleeves to deliver an operating profit of about ₹70,000 crore in FY2020.

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• The country’s Supreme Court struck down a controversial 2018 directive from the Reserve Bank of India, which gave lenders a 180-day deadline to resolve non-performing loans before having to refer the defaulting borrowers to a bankruptcy tribunal.


• The verdict is a serious blow to the bank officials, who have been trying to tackle one of the world’s worst bad debt problems with some early success.

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• The Indian women’s national team registered a 2-0 win over Indonesia in its opening match of the Olympic Qualifiers Round 2, going a step closer to making it to the 2020 Tokyo Games.


• Dangmei Grace’s brace (27 & 67 minutes) proved to be the difference between the two teams.

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• Windies' all-rounder Dwayne Bravo became the first bowler to take 100 wickets for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL.


• The 35-year-old achieved the feat by dismissing Mumbai Indians' Suryakumar Yadav for 59(43) in the 18th over. Bravo is followed by Ravichandran Ashwin and Albie Morkel, who took 90 and 76 wickets respectively for CSK in IPL.

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• Hero MotoCorp Chairman, Dr. Pawan Munjal has been honoured with ‘the Asian Tour with a Special Achievement Award’ at the ceremony of Hero Indian Open Golf tournament for his contributions to Asian Golf.


• Dr. Pawan Munjal is a fine golfer himself. He has been supporting the Hero Indian Open for 14 years, along with the Hero Women’s Indian Open, the Hero Challenge series on the European Tour and the Hero World Challenge on the PGA Tour and also hosts multiple golf tournaments in India, including the marquee Hero Indian Open for both men and women.

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• Vikram patel, a psychiatrist and professor of global health at Harvard Medical school, has been honoured with prestigious John drinks Canada Gairdner Global Health award with prize money of $100,000 by The Gairdner Foundation.


• This award was given for his world-leading research in mental health, providing knowledge on the burden and determinants of mental health problems in low-and-middle-income countries and for the treatment of mental health.

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• Air Marshal D Choudhury AVSM VM VSM has been appointed as Senior Air Staff Officer, Western Air Command.


• He has experience as a Commanding officer in 15 Sqn, Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment (TACDE) and two frontline bases as the AOC.

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• NASA head Jim Bridenstine said the anti-satellite test created 400 pieces of space debris, some as big as 10 cm, increasing risk of collision with the International Space Station.


• Jim Bridenstine was addressing employees of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) five days after India shot down a low-orbiting satellite in a missile test to prove it was among the world's advanced space powers.