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INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION : EUROPE : ARTS & CULTURE : Deepika Padukone to be part of 75th edition 2022 Cannes Film Festival Jury

French actor Vincent Lindon will be heading the jury at the 75th edition of the coveted festival, which will run from May 17 to 28.

Actor Deepika Padukone will be a part of the competition jury at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, the organisers said.

Padukone, 36, was earlier the chairperson of Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival for two years.

She found fame with her 2007 film “Om Shanti Om”, co-starring Shah Rukh Khan, and later featured in several blockbuster and critically-acclaimed movies like “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani”, “Chennai Express”, “Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela”, “Bajirao Mastani”, “Padmaavat” and “Piku”.

The actor, who was most recently seen in Shakun Batra’s “Gehraiyaan”, made her Hollywood debut with the 2017 actioner “xXx: The Return of Xander Cage”, fronted by Vin Diesel.

source/content: thehindu.com (edited)

ECONOMY : India sets $400 Billion Export Record: Its Significance and Key Drivers of growth

India has achieved the target of $400 billion in exports in FY2022. What is the significance of this? What areas have been the key drivers of India’s export growth?

The achievement of $400 billion in merchandise exports represents a growth of over 21 per cent in exports compared to the previous record high of $330 billion achieved in FY2019 prior to the Covid-19 pandemic pandemic.

DEFENCE SERVICES : Indian Army Institutes Chair of Excellence at USI in CDS General Bipin Rawat’s Memory

On the eve of General Bipin Rawat’s birthday, the army dedicated a chair of excellence in the late chief of defence staff (CDS)’s memory at the United Service Institution of India (USI), the country’s oldest think tank founded in 1870.

Rawat, who was killed in a helicopter crash last December, would have turned 64 on Wednesday, March 16th,

The aim of the Chair will be to conduct research on strategic issues pertaining to the armed forces, officials said

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY : Indian-Origin Nishant Batra Helming First 4G Network on Moon for NASA

Indian-origin Nishant Batra working as Chief Strategy and Technology Officer (CSTO) at smartphone maker Nokia is helping NASA to build the first ever cellular network on the Moon.

Batra joined Nokia as CSTO and a member of the Nokia Group Leadership Team in January 2021.

Batra is based in Espoo, Finland, and has lived and worked in Asia, Europe and the US.

source: thenewsmen.co.in

‘Medharam Jathara’ – Asia’s Largest Tribal Festival celebrated in Telangana. February 16th, 2022

The celebrations of the First Day of the auspicious and much-awaited biennial “Medaram Jathara” commenced on the 16th of February 2022 as the arrival of Saralamma on to the ‘Medaram Gaddhe’ (Platform) was undertaken by the Koya Tribe of Telangana.

Medaram Jatara is the second-largest fair of India, after the Kumbh Mela, celebrated by the second-largest Tribal Community of Telangana- the Koya tribe for four days.

As the largest tribal fair in Asia, Medaram Jathara is conducted in honour of the Goddesses Sammakka and Saralamma. It is celebrated once in two years in the month of ‘Magha’ (February) on the full moon day. Saralamma was the daughter of Sammakka. Her idol, according to the rituals, is installed in a temple at Kannepalli, a small village near Medaram.