TOP -10 HEADLINES –08.09.2014 . . 1>> . The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the country’s notoriously overcrowded jails to free all inmates who have served half their maximum term without trial, in a landmark ruling with potential implications for hundreds of thousands of prisoners. . . 2 >>. 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. . . 3.>> The government has notified new Lokpal search committee rules, giving it more freedom to recommend names for chairperson and members of the anti-corruptionbody outside the list provided by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) . . 4 >>. NarendraModi on Monday extracted a pledge of nearly $35 billion in Japanese investment and financing over the next five years for infrastructure projects like smart cities and the cleaning of the Ganga. But on the key civilian nuclear deal for Japan to supply components to reactors, the Indians had to be content with a promise to further accelerate talks with a view to clinching an agreement soon.. . . 5 >>. The government has granted one-year visa to self-exiled Bangladeshi author TaslimaNasreen after going through her previous stay record in India. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) decided to extend the writer’s visa for another year after giving her a two-month temporary visa till a fact-check was done on her stay here. Although she had applied for a five-year visa, the government decided to grant only a year’s extension. . . 6.>> The Union Government has taken a decision to delegate the powers of registration, survey and certification of Indian fishing boats, irrespective of their size or length, to states and union territories. The required gazette notification was issued on 20.8.2014 to that effect, by the Ministry of Shipping under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958. . . 7.>> Odisha government today launched Rs. 3,200 crore economic corridor between Jagdalpur and Rourkela, as promised during the last elections. “The project aims at connecting four districts of western Odisha like Bargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, and Sundergarh with four KBK (Kalahandi—Balangir—Koraput) districts namely Koraput, Nawrangpur, Kalahandi and Nuapada,” Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said after launching the Biju Expressway project here. . . 8.>> The government has planned 20 new advanced cancer treatment facilities across the country (one in each state) over the next few years to meet the rising burden of the disease. For Madhya Pradesh, the Centre has planned a new State Cancer Institute (SCI), along with two Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCC) . . .9>>. Maharashtra governor K Sankaranarayanan, who was transferred to Mizoram by the NDA government late on Saturday night, has tendered his resignation, refusing to take charge of his new assignment. . . 10.>> Jnanpith award winning litterateur UR Ananthamurthy has passed away in a Bangalore hospital on Friday. He was 81. He was critically ill till Friday afternoon. The 81-year-old titan of Kannada literature who was admitted to Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, was suffering from multi-organ failure.Ananthamurthy was suffering from renal failure and was under dialysis for some years.
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