Surface-to-air Akash missile test fired

Two days after its successful trial, India today again test-fired the indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash missile from the test range at Chandipur near Balsoer.

"The user specific trial, which formed part of the country's routine air defence exercises, was conducted from the ITR," said a Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) official associated with the ‘Akash’ missile project.

To re-validate the technology and operational efficacy of the anti-aircraft missile, Defence forces conducted the trial with logistic support provided by the ITR.

Buddhist encyclopaedia published in Russia

The first encyclopaedia of Buddhist philosophy has been brought out in Russia where Buddhism has seen a revival after the collapse of Communism.

The encyclopaedia analyses the philosophical aspects of Buddhism in the context of different civilisations, cultures and religions, including Hinduism, Christianity and Islam.

Releasing the book at a function held at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences India’s Ambassador Ajai Malhotra said that the philosophy of Lord Buddha was a relevant today as ever and would continue to inspire future generations across the world.

Indian-origin student cracks 350 years' old math puzzles

A 16-year-old Indian-origin 'genius' from Germany has managed to crack puzzles that had baffled the world of maths for more than 350 years.

Shouryya Ray, from Dresden, has solved two fundamental particle dynamics theories which physicists have previously been able to calculate only by using powerful computers.

Shouryya has been hailed a genius after working out the problems set by Sir Isaac Newton.

His solutions mean that scientists can now calculate the flight path of a thrown ball and then predict how it will hit and bounce off a wall, the Daily Mail reported.

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Kerala is the second state to ban the use of gutka and paan masala after Madhya Pradesh.

Citing increasing incidence of diseases like oral cancer, the Congress-led UDF Government in Kerala today announced a ban on the manufacture and sale of gutka and paan masala containing tobacco in the state with immediate effect.

Announcing the decision at a press conference here, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said the ban on gutka and paan masala containing tobacco and nicotine was enforced under the provisions of Food Safety and Standards Regulation Act, 2011.

Kerala is the second state to ban the use of gutka and paan masala after Madhya Pradesh.

The increasing incidence of gutka-induced diseases like oral cancer had prompted the government to ban the products, Chandy said adding the Commissioner of Food Safety (Kerala) had issued the notification banning these products on May 22.

New York polytechnic honours Sam Pitroda

Polytechnic Institute of New York University, America's second-oldest private engineering school, has conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering on Sam Pitroda, adviser to Indian Prime Minster Manmohan Singh.

Delivering the keynote address at the school's 157th Commencement here Friday, Pitroda urged the class of 2012 to recognize technology as the key to social change and inclusive growth, not only economic prosperity.

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1.Durand cup is associated with-----?

a)football

b)hockey

c)cricket

d)lawn tennis

e)table tennis

2.Santhosh trophy is assocated with-----

a)football

b)hockey

c)cricket

d)lawn tennis

e)table tennis

Current Affairs May 2012 Quiz-3

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c) CCC+
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b) Magnetic Ink Code Recognition
c) Machine Internal Code Recognition
d) Machine Ink Charecter Recognition

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Current Affairs May 2012 QUIZ-2

1.Who is the world’s richest boxer ?
a) Vijendar Singh
b) Miguel Cotto
c) Floyd Mayweather
d) Tyson Fury



2.Present chairman Of the TRAI is?
a) Rahul Khullar
b) U.K Sinha
c) Hari Narayana
d) JS.Sarma

　

Roger Federer wins Madrid Masters

Madrid - Roger Federer put his best fighting tennis on display to produce a 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory over Tomas Berdych on Sunday to capture a third Madrid Masters title which will see him usurp Rafael Nadal as world No 2 on Monday.

The Swiss, with 16 Grand Slam titles, will now stand behind Novak Djokovic on Monday on the ATP list after sending Nadal back to third with his winning performance on the controversial blue clay laid down at the Caja Magica.

"I feel amazing," said Federer, who came through on his fourth match point as Berdych ploughed a forehand into the net.

Dalai Lama gives Templeton Prize money to Indian charity

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Monday received the prestigious 1.1 million pound Templeton Prize here and announced that most of the prize money will go to 'Save the Children' fund in India.

Speaking at the St Paul's Cathedral where he received the prize, 76-year-old Dalai Lama said that most of the prize money will go to the 'Save the Children' fund in India, with smaller bequests to a science and religion group which is studying the effects of Buddhist practice and to a project to train Buddhist monks as scientists.

About 900,000 pounds will go to 'Save the Children', an Indian NGO that works for child rights, with 125,000 pounds set aside for 'The Minds and Life Institute', a US based non-profit organisation. Money will also go towards a fund to educate Tibetan monks about science.

RBI,NABARD,SEBI,IRDA,EXIM

S.No	Apex Body	Accronomy	Established In The Year	Head Quarters	Head Of Org
1	RBI	Reserve Bank Of India	1 April 1935	Mumbai	D.Subbarao [Governer]
2	NABARD	National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development	12 July 1982	Mumbai	Dr. Prakash Bakshi [Chairman]
3	SEBI	Securities and Exchange Board of India	12 April 1992	Mumbai	U.K Sinha [Chairman]
4	IRDA	Insurance regulatory authority of india	2002	Hyderabad	Hari Narayana
5	EXIM	Export-Import Bank of India	1982	Mumbai	Ranganathan [Chairman and Managing Director]

Present RBI Policy Rates

CRR	4.75%
SLR	24.00%
Repo Rate	8.00%
Reverse RepoRate	7.00%
Bank Rate	9.00%

Scott Thompson quits as Yahoo CEO

Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Scott Thompson has stepped down after a controversy over a fake computer science college degree on his biography, the third CEO in three years to leave the Internet company struggling to define its future.

The departure is a victory for hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb of Third Point LLC, which is one of Yahoo's largest outside shareholders and brought the discrepancy in Thompson's educational background to light.

Clinton, Nooyi, Sonia among 'World's Powerful Moms' list

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been named No 1 in the World's 20 Most Powerful Moms list which also ranked India-born Indra Nooyi at the 3rd spot and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi at No 6.

The list released by Forbes ahead of World Mother's Day today placed 64-year-old Clinton, who has one of the world's biggest jobs in hand, at No 1.

The list chosen from diverse spheres of government, business, entertainment and philanthropy ranked 64-year-old Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at second position, who has a daughter.

Rahul Khullar to be new Trai chairman

Commerce secretary Rahul Khullar has been appointed as the new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) for a three-year term.

Khullar, a 1975 batch IAS officer of Delhi cadre, will succeed JS Sarma, whose tenure ended today. The tenure of Khullar, who was due to retire in April next year, will be till May, 2015.

"I will be joining from tomorrow," Khullar told PTI. Khullar, 59, will head Trai at a time when the regulator is in the line of fire of telecom operators for its recommendations on spectrum auction in which it has proposed steep high base price for radio waves. The auction is to be undertaken before August 31 this year.

China, Japan, South Korea Agree to Trade Talks

Setting aside their political differences, China, Japan and South Korea have decided to work out a trilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to further boost trade that stood at over USD 650 billion in 2011.

Presiding over a summit meeting of the three countries here today, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said all three nations have agreed to commence talks for FTA within this year.

Calling the agreement as "an important strategic decision", Wen told a press briefing atttended by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak that the three countries should make concerted efforts for early establishment of FTA.

BoB overtakes PNB as second most profitable public sector bank

State-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) has pipped PNB to become the country's second largest public sector lender in terms of annual profit.

Mumbai-based BoB's net profit crossed Rs 5,000 crore during 2011-12, a rise of 18 per cent from the previous year.

Punjab National Bank's (PNB) net profit rose by 10.2 per cent to Rs 4,884 crore for the fiscal ended March, 2012.

The country's largest bank State Bank of India in the first nine months of 2011-12 has posted a net profit of Rs 8,243.64 crore. Its profit in 2010-11 stood Rs 8,264.5 crore .

Indian American Pradeep Khosla named as Chancellor of California varsity

Indian American Pradeep Khosla, IIT alumni, has been named as the eighth Chancellor of the University of California (UC), San Diego.

Khosla, 55, is currently working as the Dean of College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

UC President Mark Yudof made the announcement of Khosla's appointment, which will be confirmed by the university Board of Regents on May 16, Lynn Tierney, UC’s vice-president of communications, told India-West.

Anish Kapoor unveils 'awkward' London Olympic tower

British sculptor Anish Kapoor on Friday unveiled the controversial tower he designed for London's Olympic Park, defending the tangled red structure as 'awkward' but beautiful.

Officials hope the ArcelorMittal Orbit tower, which looms 115 metres (376 feet) over the Olympic Stadium in east London and includes two viewing platforms and a restaurant, will continue to attract visitors long after the Games.

The sculpture, named after the Luxembourg-based steel company that provided most of its funding, is the tallest in Britain and 72 feet (22 metres) taller than New York's Statue of Liberty.

16.8 lakh children under five in India died of infectious diseases in 2010

More than 16.8 lakh children below five years died of infectious but preventable diseases in India in 2010 and more than half of them could not complete the first month of their life, a new study has claimed.

Of the total deaths, 52 per cent or about 0.875 million were among the children who died in the first 28 days of their life, according to the study published in The Lancet on Thursday.

Pneumonia remained the leading killer, which accounted for 28.6 per cent of all deaths in children under five, followed by preterm birth complications (18.1 per cent) and diarrhoea (12.6 per cent), the study found.

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1). What is the Capital Of Bhutan?

Ans) Thimpu

2). Who is the Prime Minister of Russia?

Ans) Dmitry Medvedev

3).In India E-Waste generated in the country is expected to reach what volume?

Ans) 8 Lack metric tonnes

4).India Post Celeberates .........Years of Speed Post Service ?

E-waste volume set to reach eight lakh metric tonnes: Government

E-waste generated in the country is expected to reach eight lakh metric tonnes, marking an increase of nearly five-and-half times of the same generated in 2005, the government told the Rajya Sabha today.

In a written reply to the House, Environment and Forest Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said, "Based on a survey by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), it is estimated that 1.47 lakh metric tons of e-waste was generated in the country in 2005, which is expected to increase to about 8 lakh MT by 2012."

On steps taken by government to tackle import of such waste, she said, "Import is permitted only for recycling or recovery or reuse with the permission of the Environment Ministry or the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)."

Reforms in Biotechnology Sector

Minister of State for Planning, Science &Technology and Earth Sciences Dr Ashwani Kumar stated in Rajya Sabha today Govt. proposes to bring reforms in the regulatory framework in the bio-technology sector.

In reply to a question he said that currently research import, export, manufacture and use of all biotechnology products and processes involving genetically engineering are regulated through a elaborate food and environmental safety assessment under EPA Act 1986 (Rules 1989) administered under the Ministry of Environment and Forest. 

National Judicial Commission

The proposal for setting up of National Judicial Commission has been on the anvil since 1990. But despite the recommendations of various Commissions including the 2nd Administrative Reforms Commission, the proposal has not reached a logical conclusion.

The Constitution (Amendment) Bills moved in 1990 as well as 2003 lapsed on both the occasions due to dissolution of the House. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice said that currently, appointment of Judges to High Courts and Supreme Court is based on Memorandum of Procedure for appointment of Judges of Supreme Court and High Courts prepared in 1998.

Pt Ravi Shankar gets Tagore award

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar has been nominated for the first Tagore Award, instituted by the government to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, for promoting values of universal brotherhood.

The name of Ravishankar, the Varanasi-born, most-famous contemporary Indian musician, was cleared unanimously by a jury under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

India Post Celeberates 25 Years of Speed Post Service

Shri Kapil Sibal ,Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology today inaugurated the two day annual conference of Heads of Circle of the Department of Posts. A special cover to mark 25 years of Speed Post was also released by the Minister on the occasion. The Minister gave away prizes to top three Postal Circles for generating highest rate of revenue growth in Speed Post during 2010-11, on the occasion.

While Karnataka Circle walked away with the first prize and DG Post’s Rolling Trophy, Jammu and Kashmir Circle and Jharkhand Circle secured the second and third position respectively. Speed Post is the premium Express Mail Service of India Post. It was launched in August, 1986 to meet the “felt-need” of the developing Indian economy. It offers a time-bound and assured delivery of letters, documents and parcels up to 35kg across the nation and around the world.

Dmitry Medvedev confirmed as Russian prime minister

Russian Parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly confirmed Dmitry Medvedev's appointment as prime minister in a job swap with president Vladimir Putin amid anti-government protests here for a third day.

Medvedev, 46, was confirmed as the country's new prime minister with a vote of 299-144 in the State Duma.

Putin submitted Medvedev's candidacy for the post shortly after his inauguration as president yesterday. Medvedev occupied the presidential post in 2008-2012.

Before the vote, Putin, 59, who was sworn-in for a record third term as President, introduced Medvedev to the lawmakers as an experienced politician who stood behind crucial reforms in the country.

UTI CMO Jaideep Bhattacharya resigns

Amid declining market share and uncertainty over appointment of a full-time Chairman, UTI Mutual Fund's Chief Marketing Officer Jaideep Bhattacharya has quit the fund house.

According to sources, Bhattacharya has quit to explore other carrier opportunities and a formal announcement could be made soon.

There have been reports of the board not being happy about the performance of the fund, which was once the country's largest fund house but has currently slipped to fifth position.

Since U K Sinha left UTI to become SEBI Chairman in February 2011, there has been no full time chief of the country's oldest fund house.

Pranab Mukherjee elected Chair of ADB Governors' Board

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was elected today as Chair of the ADB's Board of Governors and the country will host the 46th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank in New Delhi next year.

"India is very happy to accept the chair," Mukherjee said at the closing business session of the 45th annual meeting of the ADB board of governors.

Mukherjee said while India was the founding member of the ADB in 1966, its lending operations in India began two decades later.

North American Countries, Capitals & Currencies

Country	Capital	Currency
Antigua and Barbuda	St. Johns	Dollar
Bahamas	Nassau	Dollar
Barbados	Bridgetown	Dollar
Belize	Belmopan	Dollar
Canada	Ottawa	Canadian Dollar
Costa Rica	San Jose	Colon
Cuba	Havana	Peso
Dominica	Roseau	Sterling
El Salvador	San Salvador	Colon
Grenada	St. George	Dollar
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Quetzal
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	Gourde
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	Lempira
Jamaica	Kingston	Dollar
Mexico	Mexico City	Peso
Nicaragua	Managua	Cordoba
Panama	Panama City	Balboa
St. Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	Dollar
Trinidad and Tobago	Port-of-Spain	Dollar
United States of America	Washington D.C.	Dollar

African Countries and Capitals

Africa is the second largest continent in the world and has fifty-four countries. In the 19th century, European sailors discovered this continent. Today, African countries are among the most preferred travel destinations for adventure tourism. African countries are famous for their varied landscapes, flora and fauna, culture and traditions. African cuisine is steadily gaining popularity in other parts of the world. Each African country has a different kind of experience to offer. Take a look at the various African countries and their capitals.

Countries	Capitals
Algeria	Algiers
Angola	Luanda
Benin	Porto-Novo
Botswana	Gaborone
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou
Burundi	Bujumbura
Cameroon	Yaounde
Cape Verde	Praia
Central African Republic	Bangui
Chad	N'Djamena
Comoros	Moroni
Congo, Democratic Republic of (Congo-Kinshasa)	Kinshasa
Congo, Republic of (Congo-Brazzaville)	Brazzaville
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	Yamoussoukro
Djibouti	Djibouti
Egypt	Cairo
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo
Eritrea	Asmara
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa
Gabon	Libreville
Gambia	Banjul
Ghana	Accra
Guinea	Conakry
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau
Kenya	Nairobi
Lesotho	Maseru
Liberia	Monrovia
Libya	Tripoli
Madagascar	Antananarivo
Malawi	Lilongwe
Mali	Bamako
Mauritania	Nouakchott
Mauritius	Port Louis
Morocco	Rabat
Mozambique	Maputo
Namibia	Windhoek
Niger	Niamey
Nigeria	Abuja
Rwanda	Kigali
Sao Tome and Principe	São Tomé
Senegal	Dakar
Seychelles	Victoria
Sierra Leone	Freetown
Somalia	Mogadishu
South Africa	Pretoria
Sudan	Khartoum
Swaziland	Mbabane
Tanzania	Dodoma
Togo	Lomé
Tunisia	Tunis
Western Sahara	El-Aaiún
Uganda	Kampala
Zambia	Lusaka
Zimbabwe	Harare

Vladimir Putin sworn in as Russia's President

Vladimir Putin has been sworn in as Russia’s president for a third term after four years as Prime Minister.

Mr. Putin was first elected president in 2000 and the new six-year term will keep him in power until 2018.

Mr. Putin’s inauguration on Monday comes a day after an opposition protest drew more than 20,000 people, fewer than the mass demonstrations that preceded his election but still a sign that the anger over Mr. Putin’s return to the Kremlin has not faded.

The protest turned violent when some demonstrators tried to march toward the Kremlin and helmeted riot police beat back the crowds with batons and detained more than 400 people.

Europe Countries & Capitals

COUNTRY                                                                  CAPITAL

Albania	Tirane
Andorra	Andorra la Vella
Austria	Vienna
Belarus	Minsk
Belgium	Brussels
Bosnia-Herzegovina	Sarajevo
Bulgaria	Sofia
Croatia	Zagreb
Czech Republic	Prague
Cyprus	Nicosia
Denmark	Copenhagen
Estonia	Tallinn
Finland	Helsinki
France	Paris
Germany	Berlin
Greece	Athens
Hungary	Budapest
Iceland	Reykjavik
Ireland	Dublin
Italy	Rome
Latvia	Riga
Liechtenstein	Vaduz
Lithuania	Vilnius
Luxembourg	Luxembourg
Macedonia	Skopje
Malta	Valletta
Moldova	Kishinev
Monaco	Monaco
Netherlands	Amsterdam
Norway	Oslo
Poland	Warsaw
Portugal	Lisbon
Romania	Bucharest
Russia	Moscow
San Marino	San Marino
Slovakia	Bratislava
Slovenia	Ljubljana
Spain	Madrid
Sweden	Stockholm
Switzerland	Bern
Ukraine	Kiev
United Kingdom	London
Vatican City	Vatican City
Yugoslavia	Belgrade
Armenia	Yerevan
Azerbaijan	Baku
Georgia	Tbilisi

Asia Countires & Capitals List

Countries Capitals Afghanistan Kabul Armenia Yerevan Azerbaijan Baku Bahrain Manama Bangladesh Dhaka Bhutan Thimphu Brunei-Darussalam Bandar-Seri-Begawan Cambodia Phnom-Penh China Beijing East Timor Dili India New Delhi Indonesia Jakarta Iran Tehran Iraq Baghdad Israel Jerusalem Japan Tokyo Jordan Amman Kazakhstan Astana Korea, North Pyongyang Korea, South Seoul Kuwait Kuwait City Kyrgyzstan Bishtek Laos Vientiane

Countries Capitals Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Maldives Male Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Myanmar Yangon Nepal Kathmandu Oman Muscat Pakistan Islamabad Philippines Manila Qatar Doha Russia Moscow Saudi Arabia Riyadh Singapore Singapore Sri Lanka Colombo Syria Damascus Taiwan Taipei Tajikistan Dushanbe Thailand Bangkok Turkey Ankara Turkmenistan Ashgabat United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Uzbekistan Tashkent Vietnam Hanoi Yemen Sanaa

Indian women lift Asian Squash title; men falter against Pak

Indian women squash team today created history by winning its maiden Asian title by defeating top seed Hong Kong 2-0 in the final in Kuwait.

The men’s team, however, went down 0-2 against Pakistan in the summit clash in the 16th Asian Team Squash Championship.

In the women’s final, Joshna Chinnappa, ranked 71st in the world, waged a grim battle against world number 16 Joey Chan before winning 11-3 11-8 8-11 11-8 in 38 minutes to put India 1-0 ahead.

Dipika Pallikal, ranked 14th, then complemented the superb show by her compatriot, winning 11-8 12-10 11-8 against world number seven Annie Au in 32 minutes to seal the issue in India’s favour.

India’s best performance in the women’s team championship was a silver medal at the last championship held in 2010 in Chennai.

Russia's Pravda hits 100, still urging workers to unite

One hundred years after its first edition appeared, the once mighty Pravda newspaper has gone back to its origins as a struggling opposition newspaper, but is still defiantly urging the workers of the world to unite.

The paper that for decades was the mouthpiece of the ruling Soviet Communist Party, churning out propaganda that made a mockery of its title meaning "Truth", suffered a humiliating fall from grace as the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.

Banned by Russian President Boris Yeltsin in 1991, Pravda was later revived, then sold to a Greek family, engulfed by financial problems and finally taken over in 1997 by the Russian Communist Party Central Committee.

France's Holland Declares Victory In Presidential Election, Urges Unity

Socialist Francois Hollande has declared victory in France’s presidential election, following a bitter campaign against Nicolas Sarkozy.

"The French on this 6th of May have chosen change, carrying me to the office of president of the republic," Hollande told huge crowds of supporters in his electoral base of Tulle in central France.

The Socialist leader said he was "proud to have been capable of giving French people hope again." He also urged unity and promosed to be “the president of all."

According to projections based on partial results of Sunday's run-off vote, Hollande got some 52 percent, against 48 percent for Sarkozy.

Haryana to promote institutional deliveries

Haryana Government has introduced ‘Surakshit Maa Award Yojna’ to encourage the pregnant women for early ante natal registration.

Stating this at Chandigarh, an official spokesman said that this award would be given every month in the sub-centres of the districts selected for this year.

Women who would report for ante natal registration in the first trimester would become eligible to be registered for a draw of lottery every month in the sub centre.

India, the Second Largest Producer of Fruits and Vegetables

India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world with 74.877 million metric tonnes production of fruits and 146.554 million metric tonnes production of vegetables for the year 2010-11.

The cumulative wastages in fruits and vegetables is estimated 5.8% to 18%. As per study by the Central Institute for Post Harvest Engineering & Technology, Ludhiana (published in 2010) post-harvest losses of major agricultural produces including fruits and vegetables at National level were estimated to the tune of about Rs. 44,000 crore per annum. “Creation and Management of cold chain infrastructure” for agriculture has been identified a thrust area by the Prime Minister.

Mayweather ‘World’s richest boxer’

American star Floyd Mayweather is the world’s richest boxer with an estimated fortune of 100 million pounds.

And the boxer’s bank balance is set receive an extra 12 million pounds as he challenges Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto for the WBA light-middleweight crown in Las Vegas Saturday.

But it wasn’t the same for Floyd as a kid, when his family couldn’t even afford a lock on the door.

“Basically, I raised myself, and it was my older sister who made sure I got up every morning and went to school. I only had three pair of pants, three shirts and one pair of shoes. I’d mix and match to make them look different. The running water we had was cold, so we would heat water on the stove to wash,” The Daily Star quoted Floyd, as saying, whose mum was a drug-addict.

Indian-origin doc wins London Assembly seat in close contest

An Indian-origin doctor of the Labour party scored a major upset after narrowly winning the Ealing and Hillingdon seat from the former Conservative Deputy Mayor of London in the Assembly elections here.

Labour's Dr Onkar Singh Sahota beat Richard Barnes of the Conservative party by a narrow 3,110 votes. Sahota finished with 65,584 while Barnes got 62,474.

Michael Francis Cox, Liberal Democrat, came third with 11,805 votes only narrowly finishing ahead of the Green Party's Mike Harling who finished with 10,877.

Barnes became Deputy Mayor of London in 2008. Sahota said his election was a "clear message to the Conservative-led government that the policies they have adopted are not acceptable to the people."

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Moscow to Ban Smoking in Restaurants by 2014

Moscow authorities have plans to ban smoking in restaurants and pubs by 2014,
A draft plan published on the city's department of economic policy and development's website has revealed.

“The ban on smoking in public places will be introduced gradually. In 2012, a total ban on smoking is planned in educational and healthcare facilities, places of culture, state offices and public transportation. In 2013-2014 the ban will be extended to all workplaces, pubs and restaurants,” it said.

In addition, 20 percent fewer licences to sell alcohol will be granted in 2012-2014.

ADB to provide $6.25 billion to India

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide assistance of USD 6.25 billion to India over three years for various projects, including those in the energy and education sectors.

"ADB's three-year country operations business plan for India for 2012-2014 will provide lending assistance of USD 6.25 billion to support inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth," Secretary, ADB, Robert Dawson told PTI.

 

The lending support will go to key areas like transport, energy, urban development, agriculture natural resource management, finance and education.
Prior to this, ADB has approved 159 loans (sovereign and non-sovereign) for India amounting to USD 24.12 billion.

Indian archer Deepika Kumari wins first World Cup title

India’s Olympic prospect Deepika Kumari won her first World Cup individual recurve gold medal on Saturday at Antalya, Turkey.

She beat Korea’s Lee Sung Jin by six set points to four in the final of the Stage 2 of the championship.

According to information received in Kolkata, teenager Deepika won the second set (29—27), third (27—26) and the fifth (28—27) while losing the first (27—30) and the fourth (27—29).

Ms. Deepika, who has already qualified for London Olympics, is the current junior world champion and a gold medallist at the Delhi Commonwealth Games. She had also won the Cadet World Title in 2009.

Archery Association of India chief and Indian Olympic Association acting president Vijay Kumar Malhotra congratulated Ms. Deepika on her win today.

“Beating a Korea in the final is a great achievement. It’s another feather in her cap. I hope she does well in the Olympics,” Mr. Malhotra said.

60 per cent of rural India lives on less than Rs 35 a day

About 60 per cent of India's rural population lives on less than Rs 35 a day and nearly as many in cities live on Rs 66 a day, reveals a government survey on income and expenditure.

"In terms of average per capita daily expenditure, it comes out to be about Rs 35 in rural and Rs 66 in urban India. About 60 per cent of the population live with these expenditures or less in rural and urban areas," said Director General of National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) J Dash in his preface to the report.

According to the 66th round of National Sample Survey (NSS) carried out between July 2009 and June 2010, all India average monthly per capita consumer expenditure (MPCE) in rural areas was Rs 1,054 and urban areas Rs 1,984.