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Global internet body ICANN-supported Universal Acceptance Steering Group has roped in Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma as UA Ambassador.
The Group works on developing and recommending standards for languages script that are not currently used to access the internet. He is also part of a working group formed by the Ministry of Electronics and IT to prepare a roadmap on universal acceptance and multilingual internet.

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North Macedonia’s Parliament elected a new cabinet under a new Social Democratic leader, Dimitar Kovacevski.
He succeeds his Social Democratic predecessor, Zoran Zaev. The new Prime Minister announced that his immediate tasks are tackling the ongoing energy crisis and key talks with Bulgaria. The Republic of North Macedonia is a country in Southeast Europe.

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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Odisha government have joined hands to improve the food security of small and marginal farmers.
The agreement aims to strengthen the farmers’ resilience to climate change. The WFP and the Agriculture Department will develop toolkits and guidelines to provide services to small farmers. Small farmers, who constitute 90 per cent of the state’s farmers will be guided to adapt to the impact of the climate crisis.

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Centre-right lawmaker Roberta Metsola has been selected as the third woman to head the European Parliament.
The 43-year-old from the European Union’s smallest nation Malta is also the youngest President of the European Parliament. She is viewed as a political moderate in spite of the controversy over her anti-abortion stance.

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India announced Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure at UN Climate Action Summit in New York in 2019.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Raising Day is annually marked on January 19. NDRF was formed on the same day day in 2006. NDRF functions under the aegis of the Ministry of Home Affairs.