1) India celebrated 117th birth
anniversary of Subhas Chandra Bose: Indians across the country, with the
Bengali community leading, on Thursday celebrated the 117th birth anniversary
of the country's nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose, who is more fondly and
better known as 'Netaji' or 'Respected Leader'. Netaji's birthday anniversary
is celebrated every year with great honour by government and non-government
organisations. The day is also known as 'Desh Prem Diwas' and is observed as a
holiday in West Bengal, beginning with flag hoisting ceremony in several
localities, to pay tribute to the national leader.
2) Li to face Cibulkova in Australian
open women singles final: China’s Li Na will play Slovak Dominika Cibulkova
in Saturday’s Women’s final at the Australian Open after both mowed down
opponents in just over an hour. Li, who will bid for a second Grand Slam title
to back up her 2011 Roland Garros trophy, on Thursday entered her third title
match at Melbourne Park, fighting off a charge from Canadian teenager Eugenie
Bouchard 6-2, 6-4 in 64 minutes to win their semi-final. It took Cibulkova six
minutes longer to fulfill her part of the Sino-Slovak bargain with the
diminutive Eastern European crushing fifth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland
6-1, 6-2.
3) Saina Nehwal slips to 9th in BWF
rankings: India`s Olympic bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal dropped a
place to be at ninth position, while P V Sindhu retained her 11th spot in the
latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings issued Thursday.
4) Study says Violence, disease caused
end of Indus Valley Civilization: Inter-personal violence, infectious
diseases and climate change had played a major role in the demise of the Indus
or Harappan civilization around 4,000 years ago, according to a new study.
Climate, economic, and social changes all played a role in the process of
urbanization and collapse, but little was known about how these changes
affected the human population, Dr Gwen Robbins Schug, an associate professor of
anthropology at Appalachian State University in North Carolina, explained in a
statement.
5) 'Security picket' on board trains now:
Railways have decided to earmark berth no 71 in coach S-1 in all the trains
having security escort, which will act as a sort of security picket. The idea
of having a dedicated berth for the security personnel is to help passengers to
locate them easily in case of some emergency, a railway official said.
6) LCA Tejas to be star attraction of
DRDO's R-Day Parade contingent:
Tejas, the Indian Light Combat Aircraft, is going to be the star
attraction amongst the products displayed as part of the Defence Research and
Development Organisation’s (DRDO) contingent at the Republic Day parade. DRDO’s
products for the parade include Arjun Mk-II (a new version of Indian battle
tank), a tableau displaying ‘Astra’ and ‘Helina’ missiles and another tableau
displaying a wide range of unmanned systems.
7) Huffington Post plans India edition:
US-based leading online newspaper Huffington Post is planning to launch an
India edition by May this year and negotiations are currently under way to
finalise a local partner for this venture.
8) Kerala wins UN award for sustainable
tourism: Kerala Tourism has been conferred the United Nations Award for
creating innovative initiatives for sustainable tourism, the first time India
has ever won the recognition.
The state got the honour for its
sustainable development initiative in the world renowned backwater resort of
Kumarakom, a Kerala tourism release said on Thursday. Kerala Tourism bagged the
honour on 22 Jan 2014 at the annual United Nations World Tourism Organisation
(UNWTO) Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Tourism presented at Madrid in
Spain.
9) Alok Sinha is new AAI Chairman:
In a late evening development on Thursday, the Chairman, Airports Authority of
India, V P Agarwal was removed. He is being replaced by the Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Civil Aviation, Alok Sinha, who has been given additional charge of
the new post. Sinha handles airport related matters in the Ministry of Civil
Aviation.
10) Sania-Tecau sail into semis of
Australian Open: India's Sania Mirza and her Romanian partner Horia Tecau
stormed into the semifinals of the mixed doubles event at the Australian Open
with straight sets victory over Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Julia Georges on
Thursday.
11) Real Madrid retain title of world's
richest soccer club: Spain's Real Madrid retained the title of the world's
richest soccer club in the past year thanks to sponsorship and TV deals robust
enough to endure a season without a major trophy, a study showed on Thursday.
12)
Wawrinka reached Australian Open finals: Stanislas Wawrinka reached his first Grand Slam final with a
6—3, 7—6 (1), 6—7 (3), 7—6 (4) win over Tomas Berdych in the Australian Open
semifinals on Thursday.
13) Kailash Meghwal elected as Rajasthan
Assembly Speaker: BJP MLA Kailash Meghwal was on Wednesday elected
unopposed as Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Meghwal's motion
was proposed by Nand Lal Meena, BJP tribal minister and seconded by Narayan
Singh of Congress. The motion was passed by a voice vote in the House amid thumping
of tables by all members.
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