1) M.L.
Khattar to be next Haryana CM: Manohar Lal Khattar will be the next chief
minister of Haryana, the BJP announced on Tuesday. The former Rashtriya
Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) ‘Pracharak’ was chosen by the newly-elected Bharatiya
Janata Party legislators as their leader at a meeting. “I have been chosen by
the party legislators and the BJP leadership for this responsibility. I can
assure you that we will work for the welfare of the people of Haryana,” Khattar
said after being elected the leader of the BJP legislative group. Khattar, 60,
will be the first BJP chief minister of the state, which was formed Nov 1,
1966. The BJP got the majority on its own for the first time in Haryana in the
results of the elections to the 90-member Assembly declared on Sunday.
2) Oscar
Pistorius sentenced to five years in prison for killing girlfriend: South African Paralympian star sprinter Oscar
Pistorius was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday for the killing of
his girlfriend last year, as his sensational trial reached a climax. Pistorius,
who had vomited and wept at times during the trial, stood stock-still in the
dock as he was sentenced, veins bulging in his forehead and his jaw muscles
clenched.
3) UK
announced first-ever Dadabhai Naoroji Awards: The UK government announced
the inaugural Dadabhai Naoroji Awards to honour individuals who have worked to
strengthen the UK-India relationship over the years. The three winners included
UK India Business Council chair Patricia Hewitt in the commerce category, Dame
Asha Khemka for services in the field of education and actor Madhav Sharma for
culture.
4) Indian
hockey coach Terry Walsh withdraws resignation: In a massive relief to the
Indian hockey, chief coach Terry Walsh, who resigned on Tuesday, has withdrawn
his resignation after meeting with Sports Authority of India (SAI). Walsh
resigned from his post barely three weeks after guiding the team to a historic
gold medal in the Asian Games in Incheon and it created quite a flutter in the
hockey world. He tendered his resignation because of a "pay dispute".
The 60-year-old Australian, himself a noted Olympian, submitted his resignation
in dramatic fashion, saying that he was finding it difficult to adjust to the
decision making style of the sporting bureaucracy in the country.
5) RTI
replies to be put online: Starting next month, all replies given under RTI
by ministries will be posted online, available for access to all and not just
to persons seeking the information. This will mean unprecedented scale of
disclosure and cheer transparency advocates, especially those in the NGO sector
with whom this government has had a testy relationship. Until now, only the
person filing the RTI application seeking replies from a ministry or a
government department would get the reply and that too mostly via post.
6) Global
Iodine deficiency disorders prevention Day observed: Global Iodine
Deficiency Disorders (GIDD) Prevention Day observed across the World on 21
October 2014. The day was observed to create awareness of the need to prevent
iodine deficiency. One third of the world population is exposed to the risk of
iodine deficiency disorders. Over 740 million people in 130 countries are
facing the health problem.
7) Government
to merge crisis-hit NSEL with Financial Technologies: The government has
ordered the merger of scam-hit National Spot Exchange (NSEL) with parent
Financial Technologies (India), initiating a transaction between two private
companies for the first time in the larger public interest.
8) MS
Dhoni rested, Virat Kohli to lead India against Sri Lanka: Indian cricket
captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar were left out of the
squad for the first three of the five One-Day Internationals(ODI) against Sri
Lanka, starting November 2, while star batsman Virat Kohli was named as the
stand-in skipper of the 15-man squad selected on Tuesday.
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