Abbas Kazmi appointed as new lawyer for Kasab
Nirupam Sen made Special U.N. Adviser
The former Indian ambassador to the United Nations, Nirupam Sen, has been appointed Special Senior Adviser to the president of the 192-member General Assembly on the world financial and economic crisis.
Murdered Sri Lankan journalist wins World Press Freedom Prize
A Sri Lankan journalist killed on Jan. 8 will posthumously be awarded the 2009 World Press Freedom Prize, UNESCO said Monday.
Lasantha Wickrematunge, founder and editor of the Sunday Leader, had written his own obituary, saying he was committed to press freedom despite the risk to his life.
Akshay Kumar pips SRK as top taxpayer (Times of India)
P Sainath
Karan Thapar
29 scribes get Ramnath Goenka Excellence awards in journalism
P Sainath, Karan Thapar, Nidhi Razdan and Neelesh Mishra are among 29 journalists who were today confered the coveted Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards.
Sainath and Thapar were chosen as Journalists of Year in print and broadcast categories by a panel which included Hindustan Times Chairperson and Editorial Director Shobhana Bhartia, filmmaker Shyam Benegal and agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan.
Nidhi Razdan of NDTV won the award in the category of reporting from Jammu and Kashmir while V K Sasikumar of CNN-IBN was honoured for his reportage from the North-East.
In the category of ‘Uncovering India Invisible (Print), Neelesh Mishra and Nagendra Sharma of Hindustan Times won the honours. The award in broadcast category of the same segment went to Mridu Bhandari of CNN-IBN.
Sachin Tendulkar excited over Madame Tussauds’ honour (Hindu)
India’s hockey stars carry the national flag and dive to the ground to celebrate after defeating Malaysia 3-1 to win the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup at Ipoh, Malaysia, on Sunday. India regained the title after 13 years. India had also beaten Malaysia in the group matches. Skipper Sandeep Singh, who stroked six of India’s 12 goals, was declared Player of the Tournament. This is the first major victory for India after failing to qualify for the Beijing Olympics
Tech Mahindra wins bid for Satyam (rediff)
Supreme Court quashes Nimesh Kampani’s petition on Nagarjuna Finance, paves way for his arrest (ET)
India beat Malaysia 3-1 to win Azlan Shah title (rediff)
Vice President Joe Biden meets with the Economic Recovery Implementation Cabinet, Thursday, April 9, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington
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The huge success of Q&A, his debut novel, has left Vikas Swarup bemused.
Published by Doubleday, the novel has been translated into 14 languages. Film Four of UK has bought the movie rights, while audio and musical versions will also be launched. And, it has made Swarup a millionaire.
Q&A is the story of an 18-year-old waiter, Ram Mohammad Thomas, who lives in a Mumbai slum. His troubles start when he wins a jackpot on the television programme Who Will Win a Billion? The television show producers suspect his ability and get him arrested for cheating. The novel unfolds as Ram tells his life story to Smita Shah, his lawyer.
Swarup, 43, is a director in the office of External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh. A career diplomat, he has served 18 years in the foreign ministry with postings across the world, including Washington, London [Images], Turkey and Ethiopia.
Swarup — who prefers to speak Hindi as it is spoken in Allahabad, his hometown, while at home with his painter-wife Aparna and children Aditya and Varun — told Senior Editor Sheela Bhatt about the genesis of his novel, and why he sees no contradiction over his simultaneously wearing the hats of best-selling author and senior diplomat.
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Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light prior to 1975, or simply GL) is an American television program credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the longest-running soap opera in production and the longest running drama in television and radio history.
Pramod Bhasin
Pramod Bhasin of Genpact named new Nasscom chairman
Arab League leaders pose for a group photo prior to the open session of the Arab summit in Doha, capital of Qatar, on Monday, March 30, 2009. The 21 Arab League Summit opened in Doha Monday
21st Arab League summit opens on Middle East peace, relations, Sudan (xinhua)
NATO – 60 years:
Leaders from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have gathered in Strasbourg on the French-German border for the 60th anniversary of the alliance
South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma sings and dances after appearing in the Durban High Court, April 7, 2009. Zuma said on Tuesday he had been “vindicated” after prosecutors dropped corruption charges against him and vowed to focus on leading the country after an election this month.
TV grab shows a shoe being thrown at Home Minister P. Chidambaram during a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday
A Sikh journalist, Jarnail Singh, on Tuesday flung a shoe at Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram in protest against the Congress party’s decision to field Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar — accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case — for the Lok Sabha elections.
Mr. Singh — a special correspondent with the Hindi newspaper, Dainik Jagran — threw the shoe at Mr. Chidambaram during a press conference at the Congress headquarters when the Minister refused to be drawn into a discussion on Sikhs being denied justice by the party. The shoe missed the Minister by a fair margin.
India wins Test series on Kiwi soil after 41 years (hindu)
One state, many worlds is the slogan of which state tourism?
Karnataka
Dravid on top of the ‘catching’ world (msnindia)
Rahul Dravid has always been regarded as one of the finest fielders, especially in the slip region in the cricketing world, for most of his 13 years as an international cricketer. Therefore, it is only fitting that the former Indian captain has taken over the mantle of the maximum Test catches from Australia’s Mark Waugh.
Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Awarded 2009 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of Sulabh Sanitation Movement in India, has been awarded the 2009 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for his innovative work in the sanitation field.
How many national parties are there in India?
Seven, Total 1027 parties are registered with EC.
Mohan Bhagwat (54) is the new head of RSS
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From Slavery to Freedom: John Hope Franklin
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Reserve Bank of India former governor, Dr Venugopal Reddy joined as professor in Economics at University of Hyderabad.
