1) India
celebrated Diwali with traditional fervour: Diwali, the festival of lights,
was celebrated with traditional fervour across the country with people
exchanging sweets and gifts with friends and relatives, decking up their houses
with earthen diyas and tiny lights and illuminating the evening sky with
fireworks. Diwali is celebrated to mark the return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya from
his exile after vanquishing demon-king Ravana.
2) PM
Modi visits Siachen, meets soldiers on Diwali: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on Thursday morning visited forward posts in the Siachen Glacier-Saltoro Ridge
region, ahead of his scheduled visit to be with flood-hit people of J&K on
Diwali. "It's my good fortune that I will be able to spend time with our
brave soldiers on this special day," Modi tweeted on Thursday morning.
Siachen, often described as the world's highest, coldest and costliest
battlefield, is one of the eight points in the stalled composite dialogue
process with Pakistan.
3) PM
Modi announced Rs 745 crore for Jammu & Kashmir: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Thursday announced Rs 175 crore for renovation of six major
hospitals and Rs 570 crore for the rebuilding homes damaged in the recent
floods in Jammu & Kashmir. Announcing this in Srinagar, the Prime Minister
also assured of all possible assistance from the Centre to the state to help it
recover from the devastation caused by the floods. Modi said the loss memo of
Rs 44,000 crore submitted to the Centre by the state government was being
considered.
4) Google
launched new email service dubbed ‘Inbox’: Google Inc launched an email
service called 'Inbox' on Wednesday that will better organize emails and
display information such as appointments, flight bookings and package
deliveries in a more user-friendly way. Google said it was sending out
invitations to selected Gmail users to try out the new service. Users can also
email the company at inbox@google.com to get an invitation.
5) Microsoft
to drop Nokia name from smartphones in India by year-end: Microsoft is set
to drop the iconic Nokia name from its smartphones in India by the end of this
year, as the US giant embarks on a drive to give a new identity to a brand that
was once a synonym for mobile handsets. According to people in the know,
Microsoft will be undertaking the rebranding exercise country-by-country,
instead of doing it in one sweep globally. The first brand change will happen
in France, where, over the coming days, the Nokia name will be replaced on its
Facebook, Twitter and other social media accounts by "Microsoft
Lumia", the new brand identity.
6) Kosovo
granted provisional Olympic recognition by IOC: Kosovo is on track to take
part in its first ever Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 after the region
in the Balkans was granted provisional recognition by the International Olympic
Committee on Wednesday. It could now achieve full membership as early as the
IOC session in December, the IOC said in a statement on Wednesday. The decision
angered Serbia's Olympic Committee which has lodged an official protest with
the Olympic body. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, almost a
decade after NATO went to war to halt the massacre and expulsion of Albanians
by Serbian forces waging a two-year counter-insurgency.
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