TOP -10 HEADLINES –05.09.2014 1. Indias antitrust regulator said on Thursday it had made an initial observation that Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltds agreed $3.2 billion acquisition of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd could hurt competition, asking the companies to provide more details. 2. China launched two new satellites into orbit in the early hours of this morning as part of the countrys Long March 2D series. The two satellites - the Chuangxin 1-04 and the experimental Ling Qiao satellites into orbit - were launched through one rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Chinas Gansu Province. They were launched at 8.15 a.m. local time. 3. Former chief justice of India (CJI) P. Sathasivam was sworn in as the new Governor of Kerala on Friday morning. The acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court, Ashok Bhushan, administered the oath to Mr. Sathasivam at the Raj Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram. Mr. Sathasivam is the first former CJI to become the Governor of a state. 4. India accounted for the highest estimated number of suicides in the world in 2012, according to a WHO report published on Thursday which found that one person commits suicide every 40 seconds globally. In the WHO South-East Asia Region, the estimated suicide rate is the highest as compared to other WHO regions. Suicide rates show a peak among the young and the elderly, the report said. 5. For the first time, India will hold a meeting for Indian businesses in Bahrain this week to acquaint them with the various investment opportunities in the country and also seek investments from Bahraini nationals. The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs ( MOIA) through Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre (OIFC) will organise the first Indian Diaspora Engagement Meet of the year on September 6. 6. India has declared heightened alert in several provinces a day after al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri announced the formation of an Indian branch of the global armed group. In the video posted online, the al-Qaeda chief promised to spread Islamic rule and raise the flag of jihad across the Indian subcontinent. The message has been labelled as authentic and warnings have been sent out to local governments. 7. Korean electronics major Samsung today launched world’s largest bendable curved ultra high definition television with screen size measuring 105 inches. 8. Economist and former Governor of Goa and Maharashtra, Mohammed Fazal, died at his native place Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh early on Thursday, official sources said. He was 93. 9. The Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral RK Dhowan, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC commissioned INS Sumitra (fourth indigenous Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel) into the Indian Navy today at an impressive ceremony held at Chennai. 10. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for co-operation in the field of traditional systems of medicine and homoeopathy between India Bangladesh. The signing of the proposed MoU will enhance bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the areas of traditional medicine and homoeopathy. This will be of immense importance to both countries considering their shared cultural heritage.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 11:16:12 +0000
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