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    17/05/2024 - Video

     8th Data Compiled by Access Now & the #KeepItOn coalition


    Globally 283 Shutdown in 39 countries highest since 2016 -
    (41% growth compare to 2022 & 28% to 2019)
    Jammu & Kashmir – 17 in 2023 & 49 in 2022
    Net Shutdown
    1st India – 116 (6th Consecutive)
    2nd Myanmar
    3rd Iran
    4th Palestine
    5th Ukraine
    6th Pakistan – 7

     David Salvagnini – additional charge Chief AI Officer of NASA (Chief Data Officer)
    {NASA- 1958; HQ- Washington DC, USA; Administrator- Bill Nelson}

     Alain Noudehou (Benin) – Executive Director – UN-MPTEQ.


    UN-MPTEQ - UN Multi Partner Trust Fund Office (Re- Jennifer Topping (Canada))
    UNDP – United Nation Development Programme; Est- 1966; HQ- New York, USA
    {Human Development Index published by UNDP}

     Lawrence Wong – 4th PM – Singapore (Re- Lee Hsien Loong)

     Tata AIG General Insurance + Aurm (Asset protection firm) – for its vault services
    Insured for up to Rs 25 Lakh {Tata AIG- HQ- Mumbai}

     Tata AIG General Insurance unveils India’s 1st Satellite In-Orbit 3rd Liability Insurance
    policy

     HDFC Bank launched PIXEL – India’s 1st Virtual Credit Card which allows users to
    design their cards with personalized benefits & offers; Powered by – Visa
    2 Variants – PIXEL Play & PIXEL Go
    {HDFC- 1994; Mumbai; We Understand Your World; MD&CEO- Sashidhar Jagdishan}

     Moody’s (New York) - India’s GDP Forecast – 6.6% in FY25 ; FY24 – 8%; FY26 – 6.2%

     RBI permits Quant Mutual Fund to increase stake in RBL Bank to 9.8%
    under Banking Regulation Act 1949
    {RBL Bank- 1943; HQ- Mumbai; Apno ka Bank}

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     Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. celebrates 250th Foundation Day
    Event in –Mumbai; Chief Guest – secretary Giridhar Aramane in MoD
    Release & Inauguration -
    Coin - Rs 250
    SUCHI – fuel Cell Electric Ferry; Solar Electric Hybrid Boat – top Speed – 11 knots
    Arowana – midget submarine hull; {MDS – 1934; HQ- Mumbai; CMD- Sanjeev Singhal}

     CAA get rolling, 1st set of 14 people granted Citizenship Certificates


    Ajay Kumar Bhalla (Home Secretary) – handed over the certificates
    {CAA- passed in 2019; Amended – Citizenship Act of 1955}

     Dubai introduces Long-Term Dubai Gaming Visa - to help 30,000 industry worker by
    2033; Age Limit – min 25 yr; {UAE- Capital – Abu Dhabi; Currency - Dirham}

     Sunil Chhetri – Retirement – International Football


    FIFA World Cup Qualifier game against Kuwait in Kolkata – June 6 – his last match
    1st International – 2005 against Pakistan
    Total Goal – 94 goal 150 matches- World 3rd most goal

     Manila Batra – 1st Indian Women in top 25 world rank – 24th Rank - Table Tennis
    win Saudi Smash; (Age -28 , Khel Ratna Awardee ); old Rank – 39th

     IAF tests BHISHM Portable Hospital for Airdrop in Agra, UP


    BHISHM – Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog, Hita & Maitri
    Weight – 720 Kg; Capacity – 200 patient for 48 hr.; test Drop height – 1,500 feet;
    Parachutes Designed by – Air Delivery Research & Development Establishment, Agra

     Exercise – 7th Tarkash – at Kolkata, West Bengal - NSG + US Special Operation Forces
    6th in Chennai

     TCS to set up 1st Human-Centric AI Center of Excellence in Paris, France during


    Choose France Summit; this is TCS’s 7th facility in TCS’ global pace network after
    Amsterdam, London, New York, Pittsburg, Toronto, Tokyo

     Japan introduces World’s 1st 6G prototype Device;


    Speed – 100 Gbps over 300 feet; 20 times the 5G

     16 May – International Day of Living Together in Peace (Start - 2018)

     16 May – International Day of Light


    16 may 1960 -1st successful operation of the laser by physicist & engineer Theodore
    Maiman
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