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=>Kamal Kishor: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Kamal Kishore of India as Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).

Read more, here: Kamal Kishore in UNO

=>Pavan Davuluri, IIT Madras alumnus: is the new MS Windows & Surface chief.

=>Sheetal Devi: The: Election Commission has announced Para Archer and Arjuna Awardee, Sheetal Devi as its National PwD Icon. Her name was announced at an Exhibition Cricket Match between the Indian Deaf Cricket Association Team and the Delhi and District Cricket Association team held in Delhi.

 

=>71st Miss World: Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic is the new Miss World.  Miss World 2023 was the 71st edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 9 March 2024 at Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, India. Karolina Bielawska of Poland crowned her successor Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic at the end of the event. This is the second time Czech Republic has won the pageant.

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