TOP -10 HEADLINES ================== 1. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, met Chinese President Xi Jinping shortly after his arrival in Fortaleza, Brazil, today on the eve of the Sixth BRICS Summit. The 80-minute meeting was the Prime Minister’s first summit-level interaction with China. 2. In a significant gesture, China today invited India for the first time to attend the APEC summit that it will be hosting this year as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping discussed the need for the two Asian giants to work together in international fora. 3. UK defence secretary Philip Hammond was today appointed the new foreign secretary as part of Prime Minister David Camerons biggest re-shuffle ahead of a general election next year. 4. The Department of Agriculture & Cooperation was earlier implementing 51 schemes for development of agriculture and welfare of farmers in the country. These schemes have recently been restructured into 5 Centrally Sponsored Missions, 5 Central Sector Schemes and 1 State Plan Scheme. 5. The Andhra Pradesh Government has drawn up plans for a 1,000 MW solar park in Guntur district. A detailed review of the power sector is now under way at APGenco here to work out modalities for fresh capacity addition. A note on 24x7 power supply will be prepared within next 10 days. 6. Babak Parviz the developer behind Google Glass and other technologies has left Google to work for the online retailer Amazon, according to multiple media reports on Monday. Babak Parviz confirmed the move to Cnet. 7. A federal appeals court here has denied a petition by India-born former Goldman Sachs Director Rajat Gupta, currently serving a two-year prison term in the US, to rehear his insider-trading conviction. 8. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said on Tuesday that the US central bank will continue to keep interest rates at historic lows, while proceeding with its plan to taper the controversial stimulus measure known as quantitative easing. The Fed will keep rates at between 0 to 0.25 per cent, she said. 9. The United States is selling $11 billion worth of military equipment to the Gulf state of Qatar, including Apache helicopters and Patriot and Javelin defence systems, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel had said. 10. The third oldest football tournament in the world, Durand Cup, will be held in Goa between October 28 and November 9 this year. A host of top clubs and military football teams will participate in the tournament. Durand Cup was first held in the year 1888.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:19:35 +0000
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