IAF deploys 'NETRA' for aerial surveillance during the G20 summitIAF deploys 'NETRA' for aerial surveillance during the G20 summit
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  1. After slashing the price of domestic LPG cylinders by Rs.200, the center has cut the cost of commercial LPG by Rs.158. With the new price change, a 19 kg commercial cylinder in Delhi will be Rs.1522.
  2. The BJP government in the center is constituting a committee under former president Ram Nath Kovind to explore the possibility of ‘One Nation, One Election.’ Opposition bloc INDIA, which is meeting in Mumbai, has slammed the move.
  3. IAF is deploying ‘NETRA’ surveillance and monitoring aircraft, indigenously developed by India, to watch over the skies of Delhi during the G20 summit. On the ground, it is deploying 130,00 security personnel to guard the city.
  4. Former Congress leader and currently an independent Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal made an unexpected entry at the opposition bloc’s INDIA conclave. Sources say senior congress leaders at the event were unhappy with his presence.
  5. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi reiterated that China has taken Indian land in Ladakh. He alleged locals in Ladakh think “PM Modi was lying that the Chinese have not taken Indian land.”
  6. Nearly 1.3 million students are studying abroad for the academic year 2022, said Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar in the Upper House of the Parliament while responding to a query raised by DMK MP R Girirajan.
  7. A 16-member gang that was terrorizing Indian and Asian Jewellers and “take-over style armed robberies” across four US states has been arrested by Federal officials, said James Dennehy, FBI Special Agent in Newark.
  8. Amazon India said on Thursday that it is opening up its “warehousing and transporting network” even to D2C brands that don’t sell on Amazon. The e-com giant has also entered a MoU with India Post to “simplify cross-border logistics.”
  9. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, a Singaporean of Ceylonese Tamil descent who served as the Deputy PM between 2011-19, has won the nation’s presidential polls, securing 70.4 percent votes.
  10. Google has introduced its new-gen AI-based search tool for Indian and Japanese users. Indian users can opt between English and Hindi and get responses in both these languages.