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Student from Assam ‘heads’ British mission. Monjita Baruah won “Deputy High Commissioner for a Day” contest. Since 2016, British high commission been offering young Indian women across the country to head a diplomatic mission for a day. She is a second-year student of NIT Silchar. Monjita’s day started at 10.30am
“Gharial”, a fish-eating crocodile had gone extinct in Assam. A few days back it had resurfaced in Ai river at Nijlaguri of Chirang. But Locals being panicked at seeing huge 5.11 feet-long female gharial, and ended up killing it. Gharial might have strayed and swum from Bhutan.
PM Narendra Modi, attired in a dhoti and angavastram, half-sleeve shirt added to grace – all in pearl white. Dhoti and angavastram had a green border. He is seen adjusting angavastram. Traditional dress code of Tamils, welcomed visiting Chinese President at Mamallapuram.
1st Human to Spacewalk Dies at 85: Russian Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov. He took spacewalk 54 years ago. On 18 March 1965, he exited his Voskhod 2 capsule, secured by a tether. On his second trip to space 10 years later, Leonov commanded the Soviet half of the Apollo-Soyuz 19 mission.
Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to resolve long-running conflict with neighbouring foe Eritrea. Coming to power in April 2018, after years of civil unrest, 43-year-old Abiy Ahmed started mending relations with Eritrea following decades of conflict.