TOP -10 HEADLINES –07.10.2014 1. The 2014 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to British-American researcher John O Keefe, and Norwegian couple May‐Britt Moser and Edvard I Moser, for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. 2. Suresh Raina hit a blistering century pulverising Kolkata Knight Riders into submission as Chennai Super Kings exacted a sweet revenge clinching the Champions League T20 in style with a eight-wicket victory in a thoroughly one-sided final. Chasing a competitive total of 181, Raina smashed the daylights out of a depleted KKR attack without Sunil Narine, scoring a breathtaking 109 off 62 balls with the help of six fours and eight sixes. His century came off only 59 balls. 3. The 17th Asian Games drew to a close with an enthralling cultural extravaganza on Saturday after 15 days of high-voltage action at the end of which India managed to stay inside top 10 even as China extended its supremacy at the top for the ninth successive edition. India, second only to China in population, finished eighth on the medals table with a total haul of 57, comprising 11 gold, 10 silver and 36 bronze. 4. Overseas investors have pumped in a little over Rs 5,100 crore in Indian equity markets in September, making it the lowest net investment in seven months since February when they had infused Rs 1,404 crore. 5. GAIL has been honoured by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston (IACCGH) for its pioneering efforts in securing Indias energy future. GAIL (India) and its US partners-- Carrizo Oil & Gas, Cheniere Energy and Dominion Cove Point LNG--were honoured at the 15th Annual IACCGH gala recently. 6. Indian companies have mopped up close to Rs 4,500 crore via retail issuance of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) till September 18 in the current fiscal, primarily to meet their working capital requirements. The capital mopped up through this route exceeded the targets during the April-September 18 period of 2014-15. 7. Nearly three quarters of people who work in engineering and technical jobs would move abroad but those in tightly regulated fields are the least mobile, with half of people in social care and in health and medicine saying they would consider making a move. The poll of more than 200,000 people from 189 countries was carried out by management consultancy firm The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the UKs totaljobs and The Network, a global alliance of more than 50 recruitment websites. 8. US President Barack Obama has selected Indian-American Professor Thomas Kailath for the prestigious National Medal of Science, highest honour for achievement in the fields of science and engineering. Kailath, 79, will receive the medal along with nine other awardees, at a White House ceremony later this year. 9. China has flight tested an upgraded version of its 10,000-km range Dongfeng missile which can reach most of the US and European cities, demonstrating its nuclear capability, media reports said. The Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) launched a Dongfeng-31B on September 25, days before its October 1 National Day from the Wuzhai Missile and Space Test Centre. 10. Determined to raise India’s ranking in the world of high-performance computers, the government is set to clear a Rs. 4,500-crore ($730 million) mission this month to build supercomputers nearly 40 times quicker than our fastest one. A finance ministry panel mandated to clear all big-ticket investments recently okayed the National Supercomputing Mission, jointly steered by the department of science and technology and the department of electronics and information technology.
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 04:11:51 +0000
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