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Nobel
Prize in Physics and Medicine 2015 announced
Awards
> Nobel
Prize 2015
The
Nobel Prize 2015 in Physiology or Medicine jointly went to William C.
Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura, and Youyou Tu. Mr. Campbell and Mr.
Omura won it for "their discoveries concerning a novel therapy
against infections caused by roundworm parasites", while Ms. Tu
won it for "her discoveries concerning a novel therapy for
malaria."
A
Japanese and a Canadian scientist, Takaaki Kajita and Arthur
McDonald, won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for
discovering that elusive subatomic particles called neutrinos have
mass, opening a new window onto the fundamental nature of the
universe.
India
and Germany sign 18 MoUs
India
> Foreign
Relations
India
and Germany on Monday signed a deal to fast-track business approvals,
an arrangement to make it easier for German companies to operate in
India, Asia's third largest economy. The announcement was made on the
lines of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to New Delhi.
Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-and-Germany-sign-18-MoUs/articleshow/49226811.cms
Germany
to fund 125 million euros for renewable energy corridor in India
Economny
> Germany
- India
Germany
and India signed two agreements to fund 125 million Euros for the
Green Energy Corridors’ project in Andhra Pradesh and Himachal
Pradesh. Germany’s development bank, KFW, will fund 57 million Euro
for the project at Himachal Pradesh, and 68 million Euro for the
Andhra Pradesh project, a press statement from the government said.
Dengue
epidemic likely to be more severe next year
World
> Dengue
epidemic
A
major increase in cases of dengue will likely occur throughout
Southeast Asian countries early next year, researchers have warned.
This is because the most intense El Nino in nearly two decades is
emerging in the Pacific, said the study that found that epidemics of
dengue are linked to high temperatures brought by the El Nino weather
phenomenon.
Others
Global
Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 released by World Economic Forum
World
>
Global
Competitiveness Report
World
Economic Forum (WEF) on 30 September 2015 released the Global
Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2015-2016. The report assesses the
competitiveness landscape of 140 economies, providing insight into
the drivers of their productivity and prosperity and it remains the
most comprehensive assessment of national competitiveness worldwide.
It also highlights that after five years of decline, India jumped 16
ranks to 55th place compared to 71st rank in 2014-15 report.
Sania
Mirza-Martina Hingis clinch seventh WTA title of the season at Wuhan
Open
Sports
> Tennis
Ace
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza continued her superb run with Swiss
partner Martina Hingis as the duo clinched its seventh title together
by winning the Wuhan Open women’s doubles trophy. The top-seeded
pair eased past the Romanian team of Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica
Niculescu 6-2, 6-3 in the title clash.
Source:
http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/sania-mirza-martina-hingis-clinch-wuhan-open/
Islamic
State 'blows up Palmyra arch'
World
> Islamic
State
Islamic
State militants in northern Syria have blown up another monument in
the ancient city of Palmyra. The Arch of Triumph was "pulverised"
by the militants who control the city. It is thought to have been
built about 2,000 years ago.
Shashank
Manohar formally elected as BCCI president, says first priority to
clean image of the Board
Sports
> BCCI
Newly-elected
BCCI president Shashank Manohar vowed to clean the image of the Board
of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after being chosen to head the
world’s richest cricket board for a second time.
Source:
http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/shashank-manohar-formally-elected-as-bcci-president/
Death
toll of Indians reaches 74 at Haj stampede
World
> Haj
Disaster
The
death toll of Indian pilgrims killed in the Haj stampede in Mecca
rose to 74, according to the latest list released by the Saudi Arabia
government. Saudi authorities have put the total death toll from the
stampede at 769 and the injury toll at 934.
Count
of poor people in India may be lower, says World Bank
India
> Poverty
Suggesting
that India, home to the largest number of poor in 2012, may have been
overestimating the number of its poor, the World Bank has detailed
how a shift in the way consumption expenditure is recorded alters the
country’s poverty rate from 21.2 per cent to 12.4 per cent for
2011-12.
Facebook
to launch satellite to expand Internet access in Africa
Science
and Technology >
Facebook
Satellite
Facebook
Inc said it would launch a satellite in partnership with France’s
Eutelsat Communications to bring Internet access to large parts of
sub-Saharan Africa. The satellite, called AMOS-6, will cover large
parts of West, East and Southern Africa.
India
aims to start Asia's biggest coal mine in five years
Economy
> Asia's
Biggest Coal Mine
Deep
in the thickly forested hills in its east, India last month started
production at Magadh coal mine in Jharkhand state, what it hopes will
in five years be Asia's biggest coal mine.
At
the open-cast mine, which involves the clearing of more than 18,000
hectares (44,500 acres) of land, noisy excavators are busy digging
for coal that will feed a huge power plant being built nearby to fuel
India's energy-hungry economy.
India
tops Asia in sending scientists, engineers to US
India
> Scientist
and Engineers
India
is the top country of birth among Asian countries for immigrant
scientists and engineers in US, with 950,000 out of the continent's
total 2.96 million, according to a new report.
Nepal
fuel shock triggers calls to rethink ties with India
World
> Nepal
A
crippling fuel shortage is prompting the Nepal’s leaders to
reassess their energy strategy—and ties with southern neighbour
India. The crisis began two weeks ago, when Nepal promulgated a new
constitution that caused disturbances in the southern plains among
groups with close ethnic ties to India that feel under-represented.
Nepalese newspapers have accused main trading partner India of
conducting an unofficial blockade in response, while India says
protesters in Nepal are blocking roads and preventing fuel from
reaching the capital.
Nayantara
Sahgal, Poet Ashok Vajpeyi Returns Award
India
> Nayantara
Sahgal, Poet Ashok Vajpeyi
After
writer Nayantara Sahgal returned her Sahitya Akademi award protesting
against what she called a "vicious assault" on India's
diversity and debate, poet Ashok Vajpeyi has also given up the
prestigious literary honour. Vajpeyi has said that he had given up
the award in protest against the Prime Minister’s alleged silence o
issues such as the Dadri Lynching case.
US
Approves ‘Breakthrough’ Drug to Fight Lung Cancer
Science
and Technology >
Cancer drug
The
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug Keytruda to
treat the most common form of lung cancer. The FDA cleared this
immunotherapy drug to treat patients with advanced non-small cell
lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumours express a protein called PD-L1, and
whose disease has progressed after other treatments.
Source:
http://newsworldindia.in/lifestyle/us-fda-approves-immunotherapy-drug-to-fight-lung-cancer/135568/
Modi
pushes "obsolete" made-in-India plane on reluctant military
India
>
Make-in-India
policy
The
government has turned down the military's request to expand the
acquisition of 36 fighter planes from Dassault Aviation SA to plug
vital gaps, officials said, nudging it to accept an indigenous combat
plane 32 years in the making.
