TOP -10 HEADLINES –18.11.2014 1. In a major setback to ruling National Conference ahead of the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, veteran leader and former Lok Sabha MP Mehboob Beg quit the party and extended unconditional support to his PDP rival Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. 2. N. Srinivasan was not involved in match-fixing or illegal betting and did not attempt to scuttle the probe into corruption in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Justice Mukul Mudgal panels inquiry report has said. 3. Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilisers Shri Ananth Kumar unveiling the World’s largest GFRG (Glass Fibre Reinforced Gypsum) Panel – “Gypwall” at the India International Trade Fair 2014 in New Delhi. 4. Indias move to drop German as an alternative to Sanskrit as a third language in Kendriya Vidyalayas prompted German chancellor Angela Merkel to raise the issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi who assured her of looking at it within the confines of the Indian system. During a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit, Merkel raised the issue with Modi besides inviting him to visit Germany. 5. Pakistan successfully test-fired a nuclear capable ballistic missile with a range of 900 kilometres, days after testing a similar missile capable of hitting targets as far as 1,500 kilometres, bringing many Indian cities under its range. The launch of Shaheen 1A or Hatf IV ballistic missile was aimed at re-validating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system. The military said that the impact point of the launch was in the Arabian Sea in the south. 6. Virat Kohli’s sensational unbeaten 139 guided India to a 5-0 series clean sweep against Sri Lanka with a three-wicket win in the fifth One-Day International (ODI) between India and England at Ranchi. India started off on a terrible note, as openers Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma were cleaned up by Mathews to leave India reeling at 14 for two. 7. President Pranab Mukherjee laid the foundation stone of the tallest Lord Krishna temple in Vrindavan. The temple, being established by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is expected to be thrice the height of 72.5 metre-high Qutub Minar. It will be built at the total cost of Rs. 300 crore. 8. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane. 9. The Supreme Court dismissed a plea of Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference (ANC) seeking postponement of Assembly polls in the flood-ravaged state. A bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justice A K Sikri refused to direct the Election Commission to postpone the polls in the state on the ground that relief and rehabilitation work was still on. 10. The G20 has cited India among other countries for launch of major investment initiatives and for having a sustainable growth. A Brisbane Action plan released as part of the G20 communique also said that the state of the global economy calls for a comprehensive and coherent policy response that restores near-term demand, removes medium-term supply constraints and builds consumer and business confidence.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 07:24:07 +0000
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