1) Ronnie
O'Sullivan named World Snooker Player of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan has
been named World Snooker Player of the Year at an awards ceremony in London.
The 38-year-old picked up the accolade three days after his bid for a sixth
World Championship title was scuppered by Mark Selby in the final at the
Crucible. But O'Sullivan, who escaped serious injury following a car crash on
his way home from Sheffield, was rewarded following another strong season in
the major events. He won the Masters, the Welsh Open and the Champion of
Champions event and also picked up the fans' player of the year award.
2) Nokia
to launch dual-SIM Lumia 630: Upping its ante in the fiercely competitive
Indian smartphone market, Microsoft is all set to launch its dual-SIM
smartphone Lumia 630 that will take head-on likes of Moto G, HTC Desire and
Samsung’s Duos. Two weeks into acquiring Nokia’s handset division, software
giant Microsoft is aggressively targetting the dual SIM market in India, which
it believes is “critically important”. Powered by Windows Phone 8.1, the Lumia
630 features a 4.5-inch display, 5-megapixel auto focus camera & 8GB of
expandable internal storage.
3) Luis
Guillermo Solis sworn in as 47th President of Costa Rica: Historian and
political scientist Luis Guillermo Solis has been sworn in as 47th President of
Costa Rica. He beats Johnny Araya in
run-off election with astounding 78 percent approval. Costa Rica is a tiny
Central American country with population of just 4.5 million. He succeeds Laura
Chinchilla as such.
4) Sensex,
Nifty end at record highs on capital inflows: The benchmark sensex on 9th May
crossed record 23,000 level for the first time but closed a tad lower at
22,994.23, posting its biggest single-day gain of 650.19 points since September
2013, on strong FII buying in banking, auto and power stocks ahead of election
results next week.
5) BHEL
commissioned Gas Turbine Generating Unit in Oman: The Bharat Heavy
Electricals Limited, BHEL has commissioned Gas Turbine Generating unit at a
power project in Oman. The 126 MW Gas Turbine Generator at Qarn Alam-3 power
project of Petroleum Development Oman is the second successive project of BHEL
in Oman.
6) Dinesh
Ramdin named West Indies Test captain: Denesh Ramdin was on Friday
appointed captain of the West Indies Test side in place of Darren Sammy and the
wicketkeeper-batsman`s first assignment will be the home series against New
Zealand beginning next month. Sammy will continue to be T20 captain meaning
West Indies have separate skippers for all three formats.
7) Fire
onboard INS Ganga, 3 injured: Three persons, including a Navy personnel, on
Friday received burn injuries after a fire broke out onboard INS Ganga, which
was going through routine maintenance and refit at the naval dockyard in
Mumbai. According to naval sources, the incident occurred around 11:50 a.m.
when welding work was going on onboard the naval ship.
8) Former
AP Chief Minister Janardhana Reddy passed away: Former Chief Minister of
Andhra Pradesh Nedurumilli Janardhan Reddy passed away in the early hours on
Friday after brief illness. He was 80 and is survived by wife and four sons.
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