Serena Williams eliminated from
Wimbledon
Defending champion Serena Williams was eliminated
in the fourth round of Wimbledon on Monday, failing to close out a see-saw
third set before losing 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 to Sabine Lisicki of Germany.
The loss ends Williams’ career-best 34-match
winning streak and her attempt to win a sixth title at the All England Club.
Williams was up a break twice in the third set but
Lisicki fought back both times and broke again to go up 5-4.
Veena Rao, the first Indian woman to run a newspaper in Georgia, U. S.
She is the first non-resident Indian woman to edit and publish a newspaper outside India. And it won her an entry into The Limca Book of Records. Meet Veena Rao, who edits and publishes the news magazine NRI Pulse from Georgia in the US.
Launched in 2006, NRI Pulse is a free monthly newspaper with print and online editions. It serves the roughly one-lakh-strong Indian-American community in Georgia and the neighbouring south-eastern states.
Rao studied in Pune, and has a post-graduate degree in economics from Fergusson College and a diploma in journalism and communication from Symbiosis College
She worked in the media in India before moving to the US.
U-19
tri-nation series
The Indian under-19 cricket team have won their
opening match of the ongoing tri-nation series in Australia. At Marrara Oval in
Darwin on Tuesday, they beat hosts Australia convincingly by 47 runs.
Put in to bat, India were dismissed for 221.
Chasing the target, Australia were all out for 174.
India are the reigning Under-19 ICC Cricket World Cup
champions after they beat Australia in the final last year in August in
Townsville.
India will next take on New Zealand at the same
venue on Thursday.
Antony leaves for China, first by Defence Minister in 7 years
Mr. Antony's visit has been seen in Beijing as assuming particular significance as it is the first by a Defence Minister from India in more than seven years – the last was by Pranab Mukherjee in 2006 – and it takes place in the wake of tensions along the border following a three-week stand-off triggered by a Chinese incursion in Ladakh on April 15.
Both sides are also looking to take forward negotiations on a new Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA), although officials said on-going discussions may not be concluded during the visit.
National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon, who was in Beijing last week for the 16th round of talks on the boundary dispute, said while there was “a broad measure of agreement” there was still “a little bit of work on the text itself”, with the draft likely to figure in discussions during Mr. Antony’s visit.
National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon, who was in Beijing last week for the 16th round of talks on the boundary dispute, said while there was “a broad measure of agreement” there was still “a little bit of work on the text itself”, with the draft likely to figure in discussions during Mr. Antony’s visit.
The agreement aims to deepen and enhance confidence-building measures and improve communication.
Sunil Soni appointed Director General
of Bureau of Indian Standards
Sunil Soni, on 2 July 2013 has been appointed as Director
General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
Sunil Soni is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra
cadre who at present is on compulsory wait in the Department of Financial
Services under Ministry of Finance.
The appointment of Sunil Soni as Director General came
with the superannuation of Sharad Gupta who himself is a 1977 batch IAS officer
of Assam cadre.
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is a body under the
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution which basically
looks after the formulation of standards for all segments of industry and
business.
It also certifies products, which is popularly known by
ISI mark.
It is also into certification of imported products and
hallmarking of jewellery.
Egypt’s army chief removes Morsy
Head of Egypt’s armed forces announced that Mohamed Morsy had been ousted as the country’s president following days of massive protests.
In a televised address to the nation, Egyptian Armed Forces Commander in Chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi announced that the head of the country’s Supreme Constitutional Court would be acting as president, supported by a national unity government until early elections are held.
“The map contains the following: the constitution will be temporarily suspended; the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court will take the oath in front of the full body of the court; early presidential elections will be held,” said Mr Al—Sissi, who was flanked by Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb, Coptic Pope Tawadros II and military leaders.
A senior advisor to Mr Morsy had earlier compared the army’s decision to a coup and had warned of the risks of “considerable bloodshed.
For the sake of Egypt and for historical accuracy, let’s call what is happening by its real name: Military coup,” Essam al-Haddad, a presidential assistant for foreign relations and international cooperation wrote on his official Facebook page.
Prominent opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammed ElBaradei was among those who had been invited to attend talks with the army in the run up to the announcement.
Mr Morsy, who became Egypt’s first democratically elected president in June 2012, had vowed to stay in office at any cost, raising fears about wider street violence between his backers and opponents.
India and Nepal agreed on Cooperation
in Tourism
Ministry of Tourism of India on 2 July 2013 agreed to a proposal
from the visiting Tourism and Travel delegation from Nepal for joint publicity
of India and Nepal as Tourist destinations in other countries.
The Ministry also agreed to a suggestion for joint
offering of Tour packages in third countries by tour operators of India and
Nepal.
The Nepalese delegation sought India’s cooperation in
the development of Hotel Infrastructure in Nepal.
They also suggested joint promotion and development of
Buddhist Tourism sites in both the countries. The Indian side suggested joint
venture with Nepal in Himalayan and Adventure Tourism.
The above agreement will help in improving the tourism
infrastructure both in India and Nepal.
The company paid about $50 million for the deal, tech blog AllThingsD cited sources as saying. Terms of the deal .
Yahoo buys mobile app co Qwiki
Yahoo said that it will buy Qwiki Inc, a mobile app for creating videos in Apple iPhone, as it tries to increase its presence in the world of smartphones and tablets.
The company paid about $50 million for the deal, tech blog AllThingsD cited sources as saying. Terms of the deal .
Yahoo's third acquisition since May when it bought blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash.
Negi wins Continental Chess Open title
Top seeded Indian Grand Master Parimarjan Negi won the
Continental Chess Association Open title, his third of the season, after
pipping his nearest rival Bindi Cheng by 1.5 points, in Washington.
The young Indian Negi ended the tournament, featuring
six GMs, unbeaten with 7.5 points after nine rounds.
Negi won six rounds and drew the remaining three to
finish 1.5 points ahead of Canadian International Master Cheng, who won six
rounds, lost one and drew two.
Before this, Negi had won the Spring open in Dallas,
Texas, in March and was Joint winner at the Cappelle de Grande in France in
February.
American Grand Master Konrad Holt from Kansas was third
with 6.5 points, winning six rounds, drawing two and losing the other one.
Negi will next play the World Open 2013, starting
Wednesday at the same venue.
He was the joint winner of the tournament in 2008 when it was played in Philadelphia, US.
He was the joint winner of the tournament in 2008 when it was played in Philadelphia, US.
India Under establish Asian power
status
India will seek to re-establish itself as a continental
power in athletics when the 20th Asian Athletics Championships begins in Pune
on from Wednesday.
With a record participation of 577 athletes from 43
countries out of 45 members in the Asian Athletics Association -- the highest ever
in the history of the championships -- India is looking to regain some of the
lost ground in the five-day flagship event of the AAA, to be held at the Shiv
Chhatrapati Stadium at Balewadi in Pune.
The event also assumes significance as the winners will
get direct entry for the World Championships to be held in Moscow in August.
India is being represented by a record 107 athletes as
it has the luxury of naming three participants in each of the 42 events (21
each for men and women).
The country is expecting around five gold and 15 medals
in total.
After an impressive show in 2010 Asian Games in
Guangzhou, the country has nothing to show at the international level.
Meanwhile, as many as 14 defending champions will take
part in the Championships with star high jumper Barshim of Qatar one of them.
China, who has ruled Asian athletics for the last 15
editions, has sent the third largest team but not without the likes of up and
coming triple jumper Li Jinzhe and high jumper Wang Yu.
Japan, who has sent the second biggest team, has come
without the likes of world champion hammer thrower Koji Murofush and
sensational teenage 100m sprinter Yoshihide Kiryu, who ran 10.01s to set new
world junior record recently
The Championships was being held in Pune after four
Indian cities rejected it.
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