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The two-day 49th Conference of Governors concluded in New Delhi. The President exhorted Governors to take the lead in adopting modern technology and methods.

India cricket captain Virat Kohli is among the world’s highest-paid athletes, according to the Forbes World’s Highest-Paid athletes list topped by American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather.

GoAir announced the appointment of former EasyJet executive Cornelis Vrieswijk as its new CEO.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II appointed a new prime minister in hopes of quelling the largest anti-government protests in recent years.

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has appointed Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces to be its next President.

India will receive the first-ever cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia as New Delhi diversifies import basket to meet its vast energy needs. State-owned gas utility GAIL India Ltd will bring the shipload of LNG from Gazprom, a Russian supplier, at Petronet LNG Ltd import terminal in Dahej, Gujarat.

India’s Sanjana Ramesh was awarded the ‘Most Valuable Player’ (MVP) even as compatriot Vaishnavi Yadav won the ‘Girls Grit Award’ on the fourth and final day of Basketball Without Borders Asia 2018, which featured 66 campers from 16 countries from the Asia-Pacific region.

Madagascar’s prime minister announced his resignation on Monday in the first step towards the naming of a ‘consensus’ premier to resolve a political crisis sparked by controversial electoral reforms.

Mahesh Kumar Jain has been appointed as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a term of three years. Presently, he is the Managing Director and CEO of IDBI Bank.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed over the Padma Shri award, India’s fourth highest civilian awards, to former Singaporean diplomat Tommy Koh.