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The 19th Shangri-La Dialogue, hosted by International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), commenced in Singapor, two years after the Covid-19 pandemic
The Shangri-La Annual Dialogue is one among the important Asia’s Defence Summits. It’s a unique meeting where ministers debate the region’s most significant security challenges. It was launched in 2002 by the British think tank IISS with the support of the Singaporean government. The Shangri-La Dialogue is officially known as the Asia Security Summit.

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Kerala State Transport Ministry launched a vehicle monitoring system named ‘Suraksha-Mitra project’.
In case of any accident, the system sends distress messages to the owners’ mobile phones. The project was launched under the Nirbhaya scheme and has become operational in the State, to make road travel safer.

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China has released the most detailed Geological map of the Moon, which has details of craters and structures not charted before.
The United States Geological Survey had mapped and classified the entire lunar surface in collaboration with NASA in 2020. However, this map registers finer details than the US Map. The new comprehensive geologic map of the moon has a scale of 1:2500000.

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin unveiled the mascot and the logo named ‘Thambi’ for 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad.
‘Thambi’ in Tamil means younger brother. The international event will be held at Mamallapuram near Chennai and over two thousand players from 186 countries will take part in the event.

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the National Museum of Customs and GST ‘Dharohar’ in Goa.
It was inaugurated as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Iconic week of the Ministry of Finance. The Finance Minister removed the golden sand from single piece of rock art installed at the heritage ‘Blue building’, which was earlier known as Alfandega, during the period of Portuguese rule in Goa. Dharohar Museum also houses a ‘GST Gallery’.