TOP -10 HEADLINES ================== 1. Justice Mukul Mudgal on Monday submitted to the Supreme Court the final report of his investigation into the allegations of betting and spot fixing in the 2013 edition of Indian Premier League (IPL). 2. AmrapurkarActor Sadashiv Amrapurkar died in a Mumbai hospital on Monday morning. He was 64. Amrapurkar had won two Filmfare awards. In 1984, he won the award for the best supporting actor for Ardh Satya and in 1991, the best villain trophy for his portrayal of a ruthless eunuch in Sadak. 3. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that military operations against terrorists would continue till their complete elimination, a media report said on Monday. Nawaz Sharif condemned Sundays Wagah suicide bombing. 4. Neymar will be selected as one of Brazils three over-age players for the 2016 Olympics, the teams manager Alexandre Gallo said on Thursday. Olympic soccer gold is the only major title Brazil have not won and with Rio de Janeiro hosting the Games the pressure is on - even with the tournament still almost two years away. 5. India and Nepal have finalised a new agreement to boost people to people contacts and promote tourism by planning bus services on three routes from Kathmandu and Pokhara to New Delhi and Varanasi later this month. The Motor Vehicle Agreement will be signed during the forthcoming visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Nepal during the 18th SAARC Summit which is taking place on November 25, according to Indian embassy sources. 6. The foundation stone of the countrys first Shramodaya School for the children of labourers was laid by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The school at Mugalia Chaap village near the state capital will be developed on the lines of the Navodaya Vidyalaya. The medium of instruction in the school would be English. 7. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday launched the State Nutrition Mission and expressed confidence that the project would help end malnutrition among children and women as concerted efforts helped curb polio in the state. 8. Google is the worlds most sought after employer in the world, followed by Apple and Unilever in the second and third places, respectively, according to a report by professional networking site LinkedIn. The Worlds 100 Most In Demand Employers: 2014 was based on billions of interactions from LinkedIns over 300 million members. No Indian company made it to the coveted list, however, a significant number of them do have their presence in the country. 9. Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar has said that the Government of India would be establishing a Centre of Zoo Sciences at New Delhi in due course for which the modalities were being worked out. 10. Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Health Minister, said that the government would institutionalise a regulatory authority with full powers to oversee all-round quality standards enforcement and consumer protection under the National Health Assurance Mission (NHAM).
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 07:44:12 +0000
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