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17/12/2018

Francois Gabart fastest to finish solo navigation of the globe

Real Madrid won the 5th title of the year.

Trump administration banned selected words in health care department

Kolkata Municipal Corporation to use drones to control Dengue

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 Francois Gabart fastest to finish solo navigation of the globe

Frenchman Francois Gabart smashed the world record for

the fastest solo navigation of the globe on Sunday,
completing the mammoth feat in 42 days, 16 hours, 40
minutes and 35 seconds.
He crossed a virtual finish line drawn between the island
of Ushant off France's northwest tip and Lizard Point in
southwest England at 01:45 GMT, comfortably beating the
previous record set by compatriot Thomas Coville by six
days and 10 hour.

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 Real Madrid won the 5th title of the year.

Cristiano Ronaldo's second-half free-kick ensured

Real Madrid picked up a fifth trophy of 2017 by
beating Gremio 1-0 in Abu Dhabi to retain the Club
World Cup.
A third Club World Cup in four years brings
Madrid level with rivals Barcelona as the most
successful side in the competition’s history and adds
to the La Liga, Champions League, UEFA Super Cup
and Spanish Super Cup titles already won by Zinedine
Zidane's men this year.

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 Trump administration banned selected words in health care department

The Trump administration has told agencies

within the Department of Health and Human
Services to avoid using certain words or phrases in
official documents being drafted for next year’s
budget.
List of seven prohibited words or phrases:
“vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,”
“transgender,” “fetus,” “evidence-based” and
“science-based.”

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 Kolkata Municipal Corporation to use drones to control Dengue

Going high-tech in its bid to curb a dengue

outbreak in the city, the Kolkata Municipal
Corporation (KMC) has now turned to drones.
The civic body is planning to use drones to
identify breeding grounds of Aedes aegypti
mosquitoes. About 40 people have died due to
dengue in West Bengal till November.

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