Top Headlines and Current Affairs September
2013
30th September 2013
1)Petrol cheaper by Rs
3.05/litre, diesel hiked by 50 paise.
2) Sensors in smartphones and
laptops can record earthquake movement.
3) Tendulkar to be asked to step
down after his 200th test.
4) Jayalalithaa seeks to put on
hold phase-II of DBT scheme for LPG customers.
5) Special CBI Court finds Lalu
Prasad guilty in fodder scam.
6) Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) gets Rs 12 cr as donations.
7) Shahrukh Khan may soon become
the “goodwill ambassador” of the Republic of Korea.
8) India Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh and Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif engaged in a meeting today.
29th September 2013
1)An
aggressive speech by Narendra Modi at Japanese Park in Rohini.
2)
Dextrose Gel
can help treat Hypoglycaemia in Premature Babies.
3)
Virat Kohli’s
India 'Red' to meet Yuvraj Singh's India 'Blue' in the final of NKP Salve
Challenger series.
4)
Indian origin
scientist discovers universal flu vaccine.
5)
Joint
military drill of Russia and China is Peace Mission 2013.
6)
First woman
to row solo from Japan to Alaska is Sarah Outen (28).
7)
Finance
Ministry approves 5,500 cr as SBA to pay fertiliser subsidy.
8)
Aviation
ministry gives Air Asia India No
Objection Certificate.
9)
Nissan to
recall vehicles globally for accelerator sensor defect.
28th September 2013
1)Miss
Philippines Megan Young crowned Miss World 2013.
2)
IIM-Calcutta among world's top 20 Business schools.
3)
Families of
Muzaffarnagar victims to get Govt jobs.
4)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet Nawaz Sharif in New York on Sunday.
5)
One injured
in an open fire in Srinagar.
6)
Actor Rajat
Rawail is out of Big Boss.
7)
Microsoft
revealed user data request made by India.
8)
Kashmir is an
integral part of India says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
9)
Shukla,
Bansal, Savant to become new BCCI Vice-Presidents.
27th September 2013
1)Sensex
down by 167 points.
2)
Voters will
have right to reject candidates: Supreme Court
3)
Freedom
Fighter Ranjit Singh passed away.
4)
India needs
more investment in Science and technology.
5)
Virat Kohli
left Dhoni and Sachin behind in endorsement.
6)
Unlisted
Indian companies can now directly list in overseas market.
7)
Virat Kohli
appointed as brand ambassador of BSF.
8)
IDBI Bank
launches ‘Own Your NPA’ campaign.
26th September 2013
1)Prem
Watsa-led Fairfax group to buy
BlackBerry for $4.7 billion.
2)Indian
Railways Produced World’s 1st Ever 5500 HP Locomotive.
3)
Seekho Aur
Kamao (Learn and Earn) Programme has been
Lanched by Union Government.
4)Supreme
Court said that Aadhaar card optional, not mandatory.
5)
Bo Xilai Communist
Party leader of China gets life imprisonment.
6)
Rupee
stronger, Sensex gains marginally.
7)
US court issues summons against Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
8)
Tax accounts
of MS Dhoni and Shah Rukh Khan has been hacked.
9)
12 in Jammu
and Kashmir by Pakistani Terrorists.
25th September 2013
1)BJP
MLA Sangeet Som booked under National Security Act (NSA) for alleged
involvement in fake video uploading case and making
provocative speeches.
2)
Indo-Nepal
joint military exercise begins in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. Military exercise will
conclude on October 6.
3)
Grey market
price of iPhone 5S hovers around a lakh.
4)
‘The Good
Road’ is India’s entry for Oscar.
5)
Hrithik and
Kangana romantically involved in Krrish 3 ?
6)
Dr R.K. Sinha Chairman Atomic Energy
Commission said that first unit of the Kudankulam
Nuclear Power Plant will start generating electricity in a week.
7)
Tata Motors flags off new R&D centre for Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) in UK.
8)
Rising shuttler P V Sindhu was conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award by
Sports Minister Jitendra Singh today.
9) Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank
(APGVB) linked 64,000 Aadhaar cards to accounts on single day.
10) Gold futures prices fell 0.36 per cent to
Rs 29,678 per 10 gram today.
24th September 2013
1)Novak
Djokovic tops the men’s tennis rankings for a 100th week in his career, the
ninth man to reach the milestone on the latest list issued.
2)
9 million
models of iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c sold.
3)
Tata-Singapore
new company to be named as ‘Tata SIA Airlines Limited’.
4)
BSNL and MTNL
ink agreement.
5)
CAB files
petition against Srinivasan.
6)
Indian Team
reserves berth Wrestling World Cup for the first time.
7)
CCEA nod to
establish Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) in Hyderabad.
8)
Ex Army Chief
V.K. Singh’s statement creates furore.
9)
Union Cabinet
approves draft policy for early childhood care and education.
10)
Russia offers
India to joint venture in defence manufacturing.
23rd September 2013
1)Jaganmohan
Reddy gets bail after 16 months in jail in the disproportionate assets case.
2)
Presidential
assent to Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University Bill, 2013.
3)
Uttar Pradesh
government revoked the suspension of woman IAS officer Durga Sakhti Nagpal.
4)
Typhoon Usagi killed at least 25 people after crashing ashore in southern
China.
5)
Indian Archer Deepika Kumari bags successive third silver
medal at the World Cup in Paris.
6) PepsiCo named company
veteran Sanjeev Chadha as its CEO, Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region.
7) Samsung launches Samsung
Galaxy Trend.
8) Central Industrial
Security Force (CISF) trooper killed by guerilla attack in Srinagar
9) Moody’s lowers SBI’s
debt rating.
10) Aamir Khan chosen for
U.S. award for ‘Satyamev Jayate’.
22nd September 2013
1)Greek Alpine skier
Ioannis Antoniou has been named as the first torchbearer of the Sochi 2014
Olympic Torch Relay.
2) Govt
to set up world’s largest solar power plant in Rajasthan.
3) UK
and Australia regulators to scan Ranbaxy after US FDA.
4) Mohameddan
Sporting Club wins Durand Cup after 73 years.
5) Nigerian
beauty Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola (21) is Miss Muslimah World 2013.
6) Party
workers may have to pay Rs 10 to attend Modi's public rally.
7) Wrestler
Sandeep Yadav creates history, wins World Championship bronze in Greco Roman.
8) Indian
cricketer Virat Kohli was appointed as the brand ambassador of the Border
Security Force (BSF).
9) At
least 70 people died in suicide bombing attack outside a church in Peshawar,
Pakistan.
21st September 2013
1)Internet
giant Google has modified its homepage making it user friendly across various
devices such as mobiles and tablets.
2)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa inaugurated the celebrations of 100
years of Indian cinema at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor stadium in Chennai.
3)
Voyager 1
crosses Solar System, enters interstellar space.
4)
September 21st is observed as the World Alzheimer's day for focusing on raising
the awareness about Alzheimer's and dementia.
5)
Microsoft
Corp to buy back up to $40 billion of shares.
6)
Blaming the Samajwadi Party Government for the recent Muzaffarnagar riots, two
former legislators today resigned from the party.
7)
35% voter turnout recorded in Sri Lanka provincial council elections.
8)
Jawaid Akhtar, Chairman, Coffee Board of India, has been elected chairperson of
the International Coffee Council.
9)
Indian Navy
to get Vikramaditya in mid-November 2013.
10)
LG G2 will be
launched in India on 30th September.
11)
Group stage matches of the CLT20 starts today with
inaugural match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians.
20th September 2013
1)New Managing Director
Designate India and South East Asia in Tata Steels is
TV Narendran.
2) Salman Khan to be on
sets of Koffee with Karan.
3) Hrithik and Sussanne
headed for divorce.
4) Suresh Rana from BJP
arrested in connection with Muzaffarnagar riots.
5) Children trained to
plant bombs by the Maoist guerrillas.
19th September 2013
1)Tata
Sons and Singapore Airlines decided to set up a new
world-class joint venture airline based in India.
2)
Sensex sees a
gain of 684.48 points.
3)
10 GB of free
Drive space if one signs for Google Quickoffice.
4)
Tata Group Ranked 4th Among Asia’s 10 Best Companies.
5)
Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant, Judge of the High Court of Uttarakhand was
appointed as the new Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.
6)
Sindhu out of
Japan Open.
18th September 2013
1)New
Chairman & Managing Director of the Electronics Corporation of India
Limited (ECIL) is P.Sudhakar.
2) 28th
Prime Minister of Australia is Tony Abbott.
3)
Infosys has Launched New Version of Banking Solution
software Finacle.
4)
Naxalites
using RTI as a weapon to target contractors.
5)Governmet
sanctions 158 ‘Eklavya Model Residential Schools for ST students.
6)
Sony
unveils the Xperia Z1 at Rs 44,900.
7)
States
asked to take action against artificial increase in onion prices.
8)
Bajrang(Indian wrestler) won the bronze medal in the 60kg freestyle category in
the World Championship.
17th September 2013
1)Government
raises import duty on gold jewellery to 15%.
2)
Japans New
cheaper rocket ‘Epsilon’ has been successfully launched.
3)
WHO:South
East Asian countries aim to get rid of Measles by 2020.
4)
Deepika
Padukone will not feature in Fast and Furious 7.
5)
Samsung
launches Note 3 and Galaxy Gear.
6)
Curfew
remains on 6th day at Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir)
7)
Amit Kumar Dahiya wins silver medal at World Wrestling Championships in
Budapest, Hungary.
8)
Jadeja tops
the bowler list along with Narine in ICC ODI rankings.
16th September 2013
1)World
Ozone Day being observed today: This year’s theme of World Ozone Day 2013 is “A
Healthy Atmosphere, the Future We Want”. World ozone day is observed on 16
September every year since 1995.
2)
India,
Kyrgyzstan agree to bolster defence ties.
3)
Union
Cabinet’s nod to RBI for buying $4.3 bn World Bank bonds.
4)
Dilip Kumar the
veteran actor who is now 90 years old
suffers heart attack, hospitalized.
5)
India to buy
six more C-130J ‘Super Hercules’ aircraft.
6)
Communal
violence in UP "a big incident": Prime Minister
7)
eBay opens
Development Centre in Bangalore.
8)
Karnataka relaxes dress code for its employees.
9)
UN report confirms use of chemical weapon sarin in Syria attack.
10)
Rupee ends at one-month high of 62.83 against dollar.
11)
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram launched the IRDA's Insurance Repository
System (IRS) in Hyderabad.
12)
CLT20 kick
starts from tomorrow.
13)
PV Sindhu to lead Indian challenge at Japan Open starting 17 September 2013.
14)
Djokovic, Tipsarevic take Serbia into Davis Cup final.
15th September 2013
1)Engineer's
day is celebrated today (15th September) across the country. This day is
celebrated in the honor of "Sir Dr. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya" who
was born on 15th September in 1860.
2)
Agni-5 a
nuclear-capable ballistic missile successfully launched in India.
3)
Rupee is at
risk and expected to be at 65 per dollar:HSBC.
4)
President of India Pranab Mukherjee and Kerala CM Oommen Chandy today greeted
Malayalees all over the world wishing them a prosperous and peaceful Onam
festival.
5)
Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said that Land Acquisition Bill would be notified
by early next year after framing of rules.
6)
Miss India 2012 finalist Purva Rana was crowned Vice-Queen at the Miss United
Continent 2013 held in Guayaquil, Ecuador. International.
7)
ShikharDhawan to lead SunrisersHyderabad in upcoming ChampionsLeague Twenty20.
8)
India A made
312 runs against West Indies A: Yuvraj made 123 runs out off 89 and Yusuf
Pathan with 70 not out off 32 balls.
14th September 2013
1)14
Maoists were killed in a fierce gun battle with police in Odisha's Malkangiri district.
2)
Pre-orders
for Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear smartwatch in India.
3)
Health Ministers of Southeast Asian countries committed themselves to
eliminating measles from the region by 2020.
4)
GDP growth
for FY 14 estimates to 5.3 percent.
5)
Hindi Diwas celebrated across India. Hindi was adopted as a language for
official transaction by the constituent assembly on 14th September 1949.
6)
Japan launches new, cheaper rocket named 'Epsilon'. They hope it will be a
cheaper and more efficient way of sending satellites into space.
7)
United States and Russia have agreed on a proposal to eliminate Syria's
chemical weapons arsenal.
8)
New Chairman and Managing Director of Power Finance Corporation Limited
(PFC) is MK Goel.
9)
Zimbabwe have recorded a landmark Test victory by beating Pakistan by 24 runs
in Harare to draw the series 1-1.
10)
Pakistan’s domestic T20 champions, Faisalabad Wolves
have been issued visas to tour India to participate Champions League T20.
11)
Praveen Kumar
and Irfan Pathan out of India Team A due to injuries.
13th September 2013
1)Petrol
prices were hiked by Rs 1.63 per litre Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).
2)
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) imposed life ban on pacer S.
Sreesanth and Mumbai left-arm spinner Ankeet Chavan in spot-fixing case in the
last edition of the Indian Premier League. And Amit Singh banned for five
years, while Siddharth Trivedi gets one year ban.
3)
Death penalty was awarded to the four convicts in the December 16 Delhi gang
rape and murder case by a fast track court.
4)
Parenting is
priority: Kajol.
5)
Nokia closes
down Nokia Music Store.
6)
Chandigarh to
become slum free beautiful City.
12th September 2013
1)Italy
and the Netherlands became the first European nations to clinch qualification
for the 2014 Football World Cup to be held in Brazil.
2)
Petrol price
may come down by Rs. 1.50/litre but diesel and LPG prices may increase.
3)
Kashyap rises
to 13th spot, Saina at 4th
and Sindhu at 10th spots.
4)
BlackBerry
9720 in India with a price tag of Rs 15,990.
5)
Russia
removes ban on non-basmati rice and oilseeds imports from India.
6)
North Korea
and South Korea to reopen Kaesong joint industrial park.
7)
Quadricycle a
four wheeled vehicle to hit country’s roads from Oct 2013.
8)
Serena
Williams wins US Open 2013.
9)
Muzaffarnagar
riots: A
notice has been issued by the Supreme Court to the centre and the State Government.
10)
New President
of International Olympic Committee is Thomas Bach.
11)
WHO(World
Health Organization) Director General Margaret Chan praises India’s efforts in
eliminating Polio.
11th September 2013
1)Indian
Railways has launched an new website for enquiries.www.trainenquiry.com
2)
Civil
servants to get medical treatment expenses incurred abroad.
3)
As per the
Census data Bihar, Uttar Pradesh to be key contributor to workforce of the
future.
4)
12th Anniversary of 9/11 World Trade Centre attack in USA.
5)
India-born
Mamnoon Hussain sworn in as the 12th President of Pakistan.
6)
Jaypee Cement Corporation Gujarat Unit was acquired by Aditya Birla Group
Company, Ultra tech cement for Rs.3800 crores.
7)
Prayers resume at Kedarnath Temple after 86 days.
8)
Agni-V missile to be tested on 15 Sep 2013, Sunday.
9)
Rupee gains
while Sensex trades flat.
10)
iPhone 5s and
iPhone 5c launched.
11)
Delhi
gangrape convicts to be sentenced on Friday.
12)
Vocalist Bombay Jayashri has been picked for Indira Sivasailam Endowment Medal
13)
Sehwag, Yuvraj, Zaheer and Gambhir get option to return to the test team.
14)
RBI made a fervent plea to the General Public asking them not to use Bank Notes
for making Garlands,Decorating Pandals and Places of Worship.
10th September 2013
1)Tripura
achieved the first position in literacy rate with 94.65 per cent, beating
Kerala (93.91 per cent).
2)
Free SMS
service for news and happenings by All India Radio.
3)
Sensex gains
727 points recorded biggest gain since 2009.
4)
Kareena
Kapoor wants to be on cover even when she is 60.
5)
Four accused
in the Delhi gang rape case convicted.
6)
IPL to move
to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh next year.
7)
Fast track court found all four guilty of Delhi gang rape and murder.
9th September 2013
1)Ganesh
Chaturthi to be celebrated across India today.
2)
Modi may be
PM candidate by 17th September.
3)
Lok Sabha Passed
Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending)
Bill, 2012
4)
WorldNo.1 Novak Djokovic to take on
Rafael Nadal in the men's singles final of the US Open 2013.
5)
Mayawati
demands of Presidents rule in UP. Death toll reaches 32 in Muzaffarnagar
violence
6)
Ryan Campbell
of Australia at the age of 19 became the youngest person to fly a single engine
aircraft around the globe.
7)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a commemorative stamp
in memory of freedom fighter and veteran journalist Lala Jagat Narain.
8)
World No.1
Serena Williams won her fifth U.S. Open championship and 17th Grand Slam title
overall by beating world No. 2 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.
8th September 2013
1)63rd
edition of the Miss World pageant opened in Indonesia.
2)
Crucial
BJP-RSS meet to be held, all eyes on Modi PM Decision.
3)
The film that
I will be directing is not a Bollywood film: Bollywood Actress Kangana Ranaut.
4)
Government to
unveil new measures to restrain inessential imports.
5)
Rio de Janeiro in Brazil will host the Olympics 2016 and Next Summer Olympics
2020 is going to be held at Tokyo.After
beating Istanbul in a head-to-head voting by the International Olympic
Committee.
6)
Mamnoon Hussain is the New President of Pakistan. Taken over from Asif Ali
Zardari after successfully completing his five-year term.
7th September 2013
1)Uttarakhand tragedy
continue to haunt us, 160 bodies found.
2) Government may auction coal blocks in December or January.
3) Hyderabad under police siege for Seemandhra Meet.
4) Tony Abbott will be
sworn in as the 28th prime minister of Australia after clinching an historic
victory and ending six years of Labor rule.
5) Parliament passed the Bill to ban manual scavenging.
6) Maldives to elect new President Polling begins.
7) Gujarat CM to address rally in Chhattisgarh.
8) Saina Nehwal to play in Denmark Open: Pullela Gopichand.
9) Samsung Note 3 at INR 45000-60000.
6th September
2013
1) Reliance communications new
CEO is Deepak Khanna.
2) Montreal Protocol helps
reduce the size of hole in Ozone.
3) Majority of the mobile
internet users in India are male.
4) Defence Minister A.K. Antony
stated that China has not occupied section of Indian Territory.
5) Bryan brothers stunned by
Paes-Stepanek at the US Open.
6) World Number Three Andy Murray
crashed out of US Open 2013.
7) India's Sania Mirza-Jie
Zheng(China) women's doubles team lost to Ashleigh Barty -Casey Dellacqua in
semi finals of US Open 2013.
8) Pension Fund Regulatory and
Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill has passed in Rajya Sabha today.
9)The next version of Andorid
released by Google Named KitKat on its 15th birthday.
The other versions of
Android Mobile Operating system:
1) Cupcake.
2) Jelly
Bean.
3) Donut.
4) Ice
Cream Sandwich.
5) Froyo.
6) Honeycomb.
7) Eclair.
8) Gingerbread.
Mobile Operating Systems and its owner Company
Name
|
Its Owner (Company)
|
Android
|
Google Inc
|
Symbian OS
|
Nokia and Accenture
|
Bada
|
Samsung Electronics
|
BlackBerry Tablet OS
|
QNX Software
System/BlackBerry
|
Windows Phone
|
Microsoft
|
GridOS
|
Fusion Garage
|
S40 (Series40)
|
Nokia
|
5th September 2013
1)Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in St Petersburg for 8th G20 summit.
2) RBI
allows companies to use External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) for general
corporate purposes.
3) Lok
Sabha passes PFRDA(Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority) Bill 2011
4) Sania
Mirza and Jie Zheng in the semis of the US Open.
5) 64
more bodies discovered at Uttarakhand, last rites performed.
6) MoE(Ministry
of Environment and Forests) slaps Rs 200 crore penalty on Adani group.
7) Rajya
Sabha passes National Food Security Bill 2013.
4th September 2013
1)Indian Railways developing Common
Rail Electronic Direct Fuel Injection(CReDI) system to save fuel and cut
emissions.
2)The next version of Andorid
released by Google Named KitKat.
3) MCA to request BCCI for hosting
200th test of Tendulkar at Wankhede.
4) Raghuram Govind Rajan takes over
the position of RBI governor.
5) Roger Federer
crashed out of the US Open to Tommy Robredo.
6)
IPL franchisee Delhi Daredevils new Coach Gary Kirsten.
3rd September 2013
1)Microsoft acquires Nokia for 7.17
billion USD.
2) Diana Nyad becomes first person to
swim from Cuba to US without shark cage.
3) 'Andaz Apna Apna' sequel to have
Ranbir and Shahid.
4) Process of opening bank accounts
for foreign students simplified: RBI
5) Swann and Tendulkar inspires
Rasool.
6) RBI asks banks to consider e-KYC
a valid process.
7) Sensex down by 651 points, rupee
trades at 68 against dollar.
8) Himachal Pradesh imposes ban on
sand transport to other states to curb illegal mining.
9) Congress demands resignation of
Modi for Sohrabuddin Sheikh shootout case.
10) India, Japan to restart talks on
civil nuclear agreement.
11) PM unveils Gandhi Heritage
Portal.
12) Both houses of parliament
adjourned over missing files of coal block allocations.
13) IAF(Indian Air Force) inducts
C-17 Globemaster III heavy-lift transport aircraft by defense Minister AK
Antony
14) Washington moves USS Nimitz
towards Red Sea.
15) Moortidevi award to Haraprasad
Das.
16) Food Security Bill passed by Rajya
Sabha
2nd
September 2013
1)Ambassador Encore launched by
Hindustan Motors.
2) Anjana Padmanabhan declared the
first Indian Idol Junior.
3) To save forex India plans crude
import from Iran.
4) Sensex up by 266 points.
5) Lungs of Indians functions 30%
lower than Europeans: Study.
6) Indian capital markets witness
$2.5 billion FIIs pull out.
7) Food Security programme begins in
Delhi.
8) Factory activity of India
contracts for first time since March 2009.
9) Health Ministry launches health
schemes in Assam.
10) Schedule of India's tour of
England announced.
11)Arab League calls for deterrent
measures against Syria.
12) 14 days judicial custody for
Asaram Bapu because of the controversial Godman arrested in sexual assault
case.
13)Hyderabad Hotshots clinch IBL.
14) ICC T20 rankings: India No. 3,
Sri Lanka tops list.
15)Korea beat India to conquer Asia
Cup.
Final Positions of
Teams:
1.Korea, 2.India,
3.Pakistan, 4.Malaysia, 5.Japan, 6.Oman, 7.Bangladesh, 8.Chinese Taipei.
Player of the
tournament: V.R. Raghunath (India)
1st September 2013
1)Land Acquisition Bill passed in
Lok Sabha.
2)Moody’s thumbs down to Food
Security Bill.
3) Central govt to hike DA by 10
percent; 80 lakh employees, pensioners to get benefit.
4) Ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson
Mandela was discharged from hospital though his condition remains critical, said
Presidency.
5) Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs(CCEA) gives nod to TUFS for 12th Plan.
6) Sachin Tendulkar to play 200th
Test against West Indies at home.
7) India takes on South Korea in
Asia Cup Hockey final.
8) India announces Rs.5,000 crore
aid for Bhutan’s socio-economic development in its 11th Five year plan.
9) Flood fury in Bihar affecting 5
million people.
10) Due to change in the weather
pattern lower belts of Himachal Pradesh farmers shifts from Apple to
Pomegranate production.
11) Asaram arrested at ashram in
Indore by Jodhpur Police.
12) Archery coach Purnima Mahato
became the first female sportsperson from Jharkhand to bag Dronacharya Award on
the occasion of the National Sports Awards.
13) Crude oil imports from Iran can
save the country $8.5 billion.
14) Zoologist Basanta Kumar Behura
aged 91 was awarded Kalinga Samman-2012 by Kalinga Foundation Trust for his
contribution to the popularisation of science.
15) Hyderabad Hotshots lift
inaugural IBL title.
16) Film maker Rituparno Ghosh’s
50th birth anniversary was celebrated across West Bengal.
17) Amitabh and Rekha to come
together in a film 'Welcome Back'.
18) Indian Ambassador to Venezuela
Smita Purushottam hopes India needs a new manufacturing revolution for
sustained development and growth.
19) Micromax looking for top slot.
20) Melbourne tops the list of
livable cities in world.
Top 10 livable Cities of the World:
Melbourne(Australia),
Vienna(Austria), Vancouver(Canada), Toronto(Canada), Calgary(Canada),
Adelaide(Austria), Sydney(Australia), Helsinki(Finland), Perth (Australia) and
Auckland(New Zealand)
Bottom 10 Least livable Cities of
the World:
Damascus (Syria), Tehran(Iran),
Douala (Cameroon), Tripoli (Libya), Karachi (Pakistan), Algiers (Algeria),
Harare(Zimbabwe), Lagos(Nigeria), Port Moresby(Papua New Guinea) and Dhaka
(Bangladesh).
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