The Hindu - 15th October

Submitted by:-
Jasmeen arora
Khushboo sharma
Joginder singh
Section E

General news :-1.closing ceremony of common wealth games 2010 in jawaharlal nehru stadium in new delhi. With 38 golds,india took the 2nd place ,edging past england.australia finished on top with 74 golds.
2.11 high court judges are being shifted by president pratibha patil in the public interst on the recommendations made by supreme court and the judges have been asked to assume office within 15 days.
3.congress mp r.c.khuntia, grilled at patna airport for carrying 12.5 lakh in cash.he was questioned and later was allowed to take the flight after he told that he was carrying money as a part of “party funds” from patna to new delhi.
4.all india congress committee general secretary rahul gandhi in the election rally katihar lashed out at bihar chief minister nitish kumar for his alleged double speak on the issue of secularism.
5.john abraham was sentenced to 15 day imprisonment in a 2006 accident case but was immediately released on abail of rs 1500.
International news:-
1.a former afghan president who heads a new peace council said that he is convinced the taliban is ready to negotitate peace.
2.speakers at panel discussion on “india’s strategic perspective in the 21st century” felt that new delhi had no clear cut policy towards beijing and it was time the worlds second most populous country developed a strategy.
Business/ markets:-
1.the rupee touched a nearly 25 months high against the us$ closed at 44.10/11 against 44.51/52.
2.reserve bank of india has sold almost all its holding in the national bank for agriculture and rural development(nabard).the rbi has divested its stake of rs1430 crore and with this rbi’s holding in nabard has come down to 1% of share holding in the bank .
3.hyundai motor india limited has launched its sport utility vehicle ,santa fe priced between rs20.59lakh and rs 22.95 lakh in jodhpur.equipped with advanced technology, this car will be available in 6 speed manual transmission.
4.bombay stock exchange benchmark index sensex slumped by 190 points .
Sports:-
1.sachin tendulkar was the highest run getter with 403 runs,getting 891 points in the two match series ,which india won 2-0 .virendra sehwag is the next best indian at no.3 with 819 points .
2.world champion viswanathan anand missed out on his chances and had settle to draw with alexei shirov of spain in the fourth round of the bilbao final masters chess tournament here.
3.the cricket community has given the mix reaction to icc’s threat to impose sanction on the pcb if it does not it’s governance to clean up the sports .
Common wealth games 2010
1.in common wealth game india finished second in medal tally
Country g s b t
1.australia 74 55 48 177
2.india 38 27 36 101
3.england 37 59 46 142
Thus india ,gave blistering start and a great finish reflecting the country’s success.
2.in hockey india losing against australia in final by 8-0.

3.new zealand won the common wealth games net ball gold defeating australia 66-64 in a hard fought final .
4.the closing ceremony was made lively by the performance of some of india’s most talented singers named shaan, usha uthup,shankar mahadevan and shyamak davar.