Pakistan successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile, the military said.
A Bangladeshi-American entrepreneur has donated USD 1 million to the University of California, Berkeley, to help it establish a center to support research aimed at improving lives in Bangladesh.
Global pharma major Novartis will acquire GlaxoSmithKline plc's (GSK) cancer drugs portfolio for USD 16 billion and sell its vaccines business in return for USD 7.1 billion, apart from forming a joint venture for the consumer healthcare business in a three-part transaction.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has entrusted on former captain Moin Khan the dual responsibilities of holding the post of chief selector as well as managing the national team.
The head coach of the Sri Lanka cricket team Paul Farbrace has decided to leave his post and take up the assistant coach's job for his native country, England.
The government's wheat procurement target for the ongoing 2014-15 marketing year is likely to be missed and slip below the last year's level of 25 million tonnes, Food Secretary Sudhir Kumar said.
Reminding the role played by non-resident Indians (NRIs) in the country's development, UK-based leading industrialist Lord Swraj Paul has said almost $ 65 billion have come into India in the last six months through NRI deposits.
More than 800 participants from 30 countries will take part in the World Bridge Championships to be held in Chennai next year.
Writer and artist Belinder Dhanoa addresses issue of mental illness and poses questions pertaining to normalcy in her second novel 'Echoes in the Well'.
Manchester United sacked manager David Moyes following a disastrous ten-month spell at the world-famous club, with veteran midfielder Ryan Giggs named as interim manager.
First common test for
MBBS
The first-ever common
entrance test for admission to MBBS and BDS courses across the country will be
conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education on May 5, 2013. The
National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) will cater to admissions in all the
government and private medical and dental colleges in the country on the basis
of its merit list. Over 10 lakh students are expected to take this examination.
With this, the All-India PMT exam held earlier along with other State medical
entrance examinations would not be held now and this NEET-UG will substitute
all the previous tests.
Now Delhi bans
plastic bags
Taking a giant leap forward towards
protecting the environment, the Delhi Government has imposed a blanket ban on
manufacture, sale, storage and use of plastic bags in the city. Chief Minister
Sheila Dikshit said the government would soon issue a notification stating that
no person including any shopkeeper, vendor, wholesaler or retailer, trader or
hawker would sell or store or use any kind of plastic carry bags. No person
will manufacture, import, store, sell or transport any kind of plastic carry
bags in the city. Also, no person will use any kind of plastic cover or plastic
sheet or plastic film or plastic tube to pack or cover any book including
magazine, invitation or greeting card. The notification will, however, not
affect the use of plastic carry bags as specified under the Bio-Medical Waste
Management & Handling Rules, 1998.
ISRO target: 10
missions this year
The nation should see
10 space missions in the next 12 months, according to K. Radhakrishnan,
Chairman of ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space. The September 9 PSLV
launch was its milestone 100th mission. The ISRO chief said the first 20
missions took 13 years; the next 20 were done over 11 years, but post-2000, 20
missions have needed just six and four years. In 2010-11, space scientists
completed 18 missions. Communications satellite GSat-10 is waiting in Kourou,
French Guiana, to be put in orbit on September 21 aboard the European Ariane-5
launch vehicle. GSat-10 weighs 3.4 tonnes which is far beyond the current
Indian launcher capability. It has 30 transponders, which would expand the
availability of satellite capacity for government and domestic private users.
On December 12, ISRO plans to launch the 103rd mission, the Indo-French
satellite SARAL, on a PSLV rocket from Sriharikota.
Highest under-5
deaths in India
India lost over 16
lakh children under the age of five last year, earning it the dubious
distinction of topping the chart of the 10 countries, which registered the
largest number of under-five deaths in 2011. According to figures released by
the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in its “Child Mortality Estimates
Report 2012,” it fared worse than Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo,
Pakistan, China, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. Around 50
per cent of under-five deaths occurred in just five countries: India, Nigeria,
the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan and China. The world’s lowest under-five
mortality rates were in Singapore, the Nordic countries, some European
countries and Japan. Globally, the leading causes of death among children under
five years of age include pneumonia (18 per cent), pre-term birth complications
(14 per cent), diarrhoea (11 per cent), intrapartum-related complications (9
per cent) and malaria (7 per cent). India tops the charts of the countries with
the greatest number of under-five deaths, mainly because of the large
population, high birth rate and thus larger mortality base.
Haryana prepares
action plan to eradicate Hepatitis C
Haryana Health Department, in collaboration
with PGIMS,Rohtak, has prepared an action plan having a multi-pronged strategy
to completely eradicate the disease of Hepatitis C from the state.
Hepatitis C being a
viral infection disease, is caused by Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and spreads
through body fluids. Those who get infection of Hepatitis C, generally develop
a long term infection and usually there are no symptoms. Its acute form is completely
curable but chronic form requires medical care throughout life for a
comfortable living. About Rs six crore has been approved for effective
implementation of the scheme. The equipment and material required to implement
the strategy included Polymerised Chain Reaction (PCR) Machine. Page 2 of 3
13th September 2012
U.S.
ambassador to Libya killed in mob attack
The ambassador of the
United States to Libya, Christopher Stevens, has been killed during an armed
mob attack in Benghazi on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, raising
fresh questions about the merits of Washington’s policy of “regime change” in
West Asia that followed these strikes. Mr. Stevens is the second U.S.
ambassador to be killed during an outstation posting since the death of Adolph
Dubs in 1979 during his tenure in Afghanistan. The angry mob, protesting
against a U.S.-made film that ridicules Prophet Muhammad, first torched the
consulate building which had already been peppered with gunfire. Consequently,
the ambassador and other officials were moved to a second building on the
consulate compound, which was considered safer. However, that building also
came under attack after members of the Libyan security team signalled to the
protesters the relocation of the officials.
Allende’s death was
suicide, says court
A Chilean court
closed an investigation into the death of former President Salvador Allende,
after concluding that he committed suicide during a September 11, 1973 coup.
The Santiago court of appeals decreed an end to the investigation, 39 years to
the day after Allende’s death. The remains were exhumed in 2011 to determine
the cause of death during the coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. In July
2011, Chilean medical experts concluded that Allende killed himself on the day
of the coup, confirming an official version who said the former President had
vowed to die with weapons drawn. The appeals court endorsed a report by Judge
Mario Carroza attributing the death to suicide, with Allende using an AK-47
assault rifle given to him by Cuban leader Fidel Castro, as the presidential
palace came under air and ground attack. Allende was the first Marxist to be
elected President in Chile.
Infosys launches
SpeedSolve for call centres
IT bellwether Infosys
said it has launched "a comprehensive next generation product"-
SpeedSolve - to redefine customer service by making communication faster and
more efficient for call centres and related operations. SpeedSolve, launched
with AT&T, "leverages state-of-the-art technologies for messaging,
multimedia, reporting and smart device integration to facilitate real-time
collaboration between customer service representatives and subject matter
experts," Infosys said.
Samsung building $7
billion chip plant in China
South Korea's Samsung Electronics said it had
started building a new $7 billion chip plant in the Chinese city of Xian its
biggest-ever investment in the country. The plant, scheduled to come on line in
2014, will produce the advanced 10-nanometre-class NAND flash memory chips used
for devices such as smartphones and computers. The world's largest memory
chipmaker said earlier the plant, when completed, would produce 10,000 12-inch
wafers each month.
The world's largest technology firm that
makes popular gadgets from smartphones to tablet PCs, Samsung also provides
chip components to other IT firms including its industry rivals Apple and
Nokia.
iPhone 5, Apple’s
answer to Samsung
Apple Inc. has
unveiled the iPhone 5, saying it’s thinner and lighter than the previous model,
even though it has a bigger screen. Marketing head Phil Schiller unveiled the
year’s most eagerly awaited phone at an event. The phone costs between $199 for
the cheapest 16 gigabyte version and $399 at the top end.
JLR invests £370 m to
upgrade U.K. facilities
In preparation for
the launch of its all-new Range Rover in 170 countries, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)
has invested 370 million pounds, which will go mainly, into upgrading its U.K.
Facilities. JLR said the inaugural sales of the new, fourth generation Range Rover
sports utility vehicle (SUV) would begin in September. JLR had installed a new
aluminium body shop for the latest Range Rover at its Solihull plant, near
Birmingham, UK, along with upgrades to its paint-applications technologies,
trim assembly, warehousing and customer handover centre. Deliveries will start
in early 2013. . Page 3 of 3 13th September 2012
Amul
keen to acquire Delhi Milk Scheme
Dairy major Gujarat Cooperative Milk
Marketing Federation (GCMMF) - the parent company of Amul, has expressed its
willingness to the agriculture ministry to acquire the Delhi Milk Scheme (DMS).
DMS, which was launched in 1959, has been incurring losses for the past several
years. GCMMF's decision to acquire the entity comes with a view to better
leverage its existing infrastructure as well as exploit DMS's full business
potential.
Times Internet
Limited launches BoxTV.com
Times Internet
Limited (TIL) announced the launch of BoxTV.com, a premium video service that
would allow users to stream movies, TV shows and short films directly on to
their computer, smartphone or tablet. The service, which is conceptually
similar to Hulu and Netflix that are available in the US, aims to serve local
users and Indian diaspora across the world. It would allow users to stream
Bollywood and Hollywood films as well as video content in local languages like
Tamil. Currently, the service is in invite-only alpha stage. The public
availability is expected in a few months.
Many countries
crackdown on MHA supplements
Several countries
have, in recent months, cracked down on the manufacture, supply and sale of
products containing methylhexaneamine (MHA) as dietary supplements, leading to
speculation that the substance may no longer be available as an
across-the-counter nutritional aid. The Medicines and Healthcare products
Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of the U. K., ruled that products containing
methylhexaneamine needed to be removed from the UK market because of “potential
risks to public safety.” The drug, also known by several other chemical names,
including dimethylamylamine (DMAA), is an ingredient of many dietary
supplements that are used by sportspersons. Other supplements have also been
found contaminated often with this drug which is categorised as a stimulant and
banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
HCL Infosystems open
to selling 'Me' brand if good price offered
Days after denying
that it was selling its hardware unit to Chinese computer maker Lenovo,
information technology company HCL Infosystems said it will sell the unit if
the price is right. HCL's hardware business, where it sells laptops and tablets
under the 'Me' brand, is worth about Rs 1,500 crore. HCL Infosystems in June,
hived off its hardware business into a separate wholly-owned subsidiary called
HCL Computing Ltd. This had sparked speculations that HCL may be looking to
sell the unit eventually.
Juan Ferrero to
retire
Former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero will retire from
professional tennis in October after a 14-year career in which he won 16 tour
titles.Ferrero, 32, said he would retire after the Valencia Open 500 tournament
in his home city in eastern Spain from October 20 to 28, organisers said.
Ferrero, nicknamed ‘The Mosquito’, won the French Open in 2003 and reached the
final of the US Open the same year. He won 15 other major tour titles.
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