Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal and Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Transport & Communications of Myanmar, Admiral Tin Aung San, jointly inaugurated the Sittwe Port in Rakhine State, Myanmar on Tuesday. During this event they received the first Indian Cargo ship which was flagged off from Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata.

Speaking at the inaugural function, Sarbanand Sonowal highlighted the close historical, cultural and economic ties between India and Myanmar. He reiterated India’s long standing commitment towards the development and prosperity of people of Myanmar through developmental initiatives such as the Sittwe Port, said an official press release.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has said that five more cheetahs including three females and two males will be released from the acclimatization camps into free-roaming conditions in Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh before the onset of the monsoon rains in June this year. The Ministry said that the decision was taken after a team of experts reviewed the current status of the "Project Cheetah" on the directions of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). 

Delegates from different countries across the globe have arrived in Goa for the 3rd Development Working Group meeting of G-20. The meeting is scheduled from today to 11th May.

India currently holds the Presidency of the G20. G-20 is an inter-governmental forum of the world’s 20 major developed and developing economies.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the birth anniversary celebrations of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in West Bengal today. According to Home Ministry, Mr Shah will pay tribute to Tagore by garlanding his statue at the Jorasanko Thakurbari in Kolkata.

Thereafter, he will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate various developmental projects of the Land Port Authority of India and the Border Security Force (BSF) at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) in Petrapole in North 24 Parganas district.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the first-of-its-kind Indian Air Force (IAF) Heritage Centre today at Chandigarh. It was set up under a memorandum of understanding(MoU) between the Union Territory of Chandigarh and the IAF which was signed last year. Spread over 17,000 square feet, this is the first heritage centre of the IAF and depicts its role in 1965, 1971 and the Kargil wars and the Balakot air strike through murals and scale models.

Minister of State for Health Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar launched the third phase of the Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojana of the Health Ministry in New Delhi today. The project is being supported by Coal India Limited as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility initiative to commemorate World Thalassemia Day. She also launched the Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojana Portal. Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, Tribal Affairs Secretary Anil Kumar Jha, and Secretary, of the Department of Health Research, Dr Rajiv Bahl were also present on the occasion.

 Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that causes the body to have less hemoglobin than normal. Health Ministry has been implementing the Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojana since 2017 under the National Health Mission and recently completed its second phase in March this year.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded India’s first Indian Air Force Heritage Centre in Chandigarh. Retweeting a tweet by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, the Prime Minister said this is a commendable effort, which will further highlight the rich contribution of our Air Force to India. In another tweet, Mr Modi congratulated India’s women athletes on winning 17 medals for the country at Wushu Stars Championship held in Moscow, Russia. He also lauded Tripura Government's decision to go paperless. Replying to a tweet by Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, Prime Minister tweeted that it is good to see Tripura making determined efforts to embrace technology and bring a positive difference in the lives of citizens.

In the Asian Weightlifting Championship, India’s weight lifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga won a silver in snatch at Jinju, Korea on Sunday.
 
The 20-year-old won a silver medal in the snatch event with a lift of 141kg in the 67 kg weight class. However, he could not get an overall total as he failed to lift the weight in any of his three clean and jerk attempts in a disappointing show at the Championships.
 

Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur has congratulated Weightlifter Bindyarani Devi on clinching silver medal in the 55 Kilogram category at the Asian Weightlifting Championships. In a tweet, Mr. Thakur said that the country is proud of her achievement.

World Athletics Day 2023 was celebrated on 7th MAy. The main objective of this day is to raise awareness about fitness among children and encourage young and school children to take up athletics. The theme for World Athletics Day 2023 is Athletics for All - A New Beginning.
       
Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said, Neeraj Chopra's Diamond League win in Doha and three more athletes breaking National  Records in the last 24 hours at the Athletics Track Festival in Los Angeles is a great way to celebrate World Athletics Day. He said, it has been a stellar week for India in Athletics.