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The BCCI will hold an awareness programme on anti-doping and anticorruption in Jamshedpur today. This comes in the wake of the doping scandal of wrestler Narsingh Yadav. The Court of Arbitration of Sports has slapped a four-year ban on the wrestler for doping.
The impeachment trial of Brazil’s suspended president Dilma Rousseff starts today. A Senate report found that Dilma Rousseff violated the constitution by manipulating government accounts.
The two-day SAARC ministers’ conference kicks off today in Islamabad. Economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das, and not Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, is leading the Indian team. Jaitley is not attending the conference in the wake of growing tensions with Pakistan. Finance ministers of the grouping will discuss regional cooperation on finance and investment.
Xiaomi is likely to announce the Redmi Note 4 at an event in China today. In India, Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 3 was not only the top selling model online but also a star product for the vendor contributing majority of its total shipments in the second quarter of 2016.
The process for selection of World Bank president begins today, with the opening of a three-week window for nominations. World Bank chief JimYong Kim will seek a second term of office. Kim’s five-year term ends on June 30.
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