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Gayoom president Mamoon Abdul Gayoom was elected President of Maldives for a record sixth term. Gayoom is Asia’s longest serving leader. He has already been in power for 25 years. Mali is the capital of Maldives LTTE redesignated as terrorist organisation The United States has redesig- nated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE), Al Queda and Harkat- Ul-Mujahideen as foreign terrorist organisations. s_d³KÀ audo -jyk v {][m -\-a{´n C´y³ alm-k-ap -{Z-¯nse Zzo]mb audn - jy- knsâ (Mauritius) {][m- \- a- {´n- bmbn t]mÄ s_d³KÀ (Paul Berenger) Øm\-ta-äp. ZoÀL- Imew {][m-\- a-{´n-bm-bn-cp¶ A\n -cpZv PK- ¶mYv Øm\-samgnªXn -s\-¯p -SÀ¶m- Wn-Xv. 1968-þ kzmX{´yw e`n-¨-Xn\p tijw C´y³ hwi-P-\Ãm¯ BZy {][m- \-a-{´n -bmWv t]mÄ s_d³KÀ. 12 e£w P\- kw- Jy- bpÅ audn- jy- kn 68 iX- am\w C³tUm- þ- au-dn - jy³ hwi- P- cm-Wv . Port Louis is the capital of Mauritius. ‘King of cartoons’ dies "ImÀ«q-Wp- I-fpsS cmPmhv' F¶v Adn- b- s¸- Sp¶ {]ikvX ImÀ«q¬ krãmhv hneyw ÌoKv ( William Steig) Atacn¡bn A´-cn-¨p. Ip«n- IÄ¡pÅ ImÀ«q¬ IYm- ]m-{X- amb "s{j¡n'\v cq]w \ÂIn -bXv ÌoKm-Wv . Schwarzenegger wins California Voters in the Golden State of Cali- fornia elected the Hollywood-star- turned politician, Arnold Schwarzenegger, as Governor. The election was held after the incumbent Governor Gary Davis was recalled. Arnold will now serve the remaining three years of Davis. California is the biggest state in the US. Bangladesh most corrupt The Transparency International (TI) has ranked Bangladesh as he most corrupt country among 133 nations. Nigeria was placed second. Saudi Arabia hosts meet on human rights Saudi Arabia hosted a landmark human rights conference (Human Rights in Peace and War Conference - Riyadh), the first in the highly con- servative nation which had faced in- ternational condemnation over its own human rights record. The con- ference was organised by the Saudi Red Crescent Society. Saudia Arabia, the cradle of Is- lam, had come under harsh criti- cism from western human rights groups for severe Sharia law pun- ishments including public beheadings, and for discrimina- tion against women. Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Osama bin Laden, is under pres- sure from the United States to implement reforms and crack- down on militants after the Septemebr 11, 2001 attacks on US cities. Concorde ends operation temI- ¯nse GI iÐm- Xn- thK (Supersonic) bm{Xm-hn-am-\-amb tIm¬tImÀUv kÀÆokv {_n«ojv FbÀthkv Ah- km- \n- ¸n-¨p. This is after its career of 30 years. {_n«o- jv - þ-{^©v kwbpà kwcw- `-amb tIm¬tImÀUv 1976-þ e\n \n¶v ]mcoknte¡mWv I¶n - ¸- d-¡Â \S-¯n- b-Xv. ]mco-kn 2000 PqWn 113 t]cpsS ac-W-¯n-\n-S-bm-¡nb CMYK Pope beatifies Mother Teresa The late Mother Teresa, the nun of Albanian origin, was, on October 19, beatified (hmg-s¸- «p) by Pope John Paul-II at a grand ceremony in St. Peter’s Square in Rome. Mother Teresa will henceforth be called “The Blessed Teresa of Kolkata”. The Mother was beati- fied in record time, seven years after her death in 1997.

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Gayoom presidentMamoon Abdul Gayoom was

elected President of Maldives for arecord sixth term. Gayoom is Asia’slongest serving leader. He has alreadybeen in power for 25 years. Mali is the capital of MaldivesLTTE redesignated asterrorist organisation

The United States has redesig-nated the Liberation Tigers of TamilEalam (LTTE), Al Queda and Harkat-Ul-Mujahideen as foreign terroristorganisations.

s_d³KÀ audo-jykv{][m-\-a{ n

C´y³ alm-k-ap-{Z- nse Zzo]mbaudn-jy-knsâ (Mauritius) {][m-\-a-{´n-bmbn t]mÄ s_d³KÀ (PaulBerenger) Øm\-ta-äp. ZoÀL-Imew{][m-\-a-{´n-bm-bn-cp¶ A\n-cpZv PK-¶mYv Øm\-samgnªXn-s\-¯p-SÀ¶m-Wn-Xv. 1968-þ kzmX{´yw e`n- -Xn\ptijw C´y³ hwi-P-\Ãm¯ BZy{][m-\-a-{´n-bmWv t]mÄ s_d³KÀ. 12 e£w P\-kw-Jy-bpÅ audn-

jy-kn 68 iX-am\w C³tUm-þ-au-dn-jy³ hwi-P-cm-Wv.

Port Louis is the capital ofMauritius.

‘King of cartoons’ dies"ImÀ«q-Wp-I-fpsS cmPmhv' F¶v

Adn-b-s¸-Sp¶ {]ikvX ImÀ«q¬

krãmhv hneyw ÌoKv (William Steig)Atacn¡bn A´-cn -¨p. Ip«n-IÄ¡pÅ ImÀ«q¬ IYm-]m-{X-amb"s{j¡n'\v cq]w \ÂIn-bXv ÌoKm-Wv.

Schwarzenegger winsCalifornia

Voters in the Golden State of Cali-fornia elected the Hollywood-star-turned politician, ArnoldSchwarzenegger, as Governor. Theelection was held after the incumbentGovernor Gary Davis was recalled.Arnold will now serve the remainingthree years of Davis. California is the biggest state in

the US.

Bangladesh mostcorrupt

The Transparency International(TI) has ranked Bangladesh as hemost corrupt country among 133nations. Nigeria was placed second.

Saudi Arabia hostsmeet on human rights

Saudi Arabia hosted a landmarkhuman rights conference (HumanRights in Peace and War Conference- Riyadh), the first in the highly con-servative nation which had faced in-ternational condemnation over itsown human rights record. The con-ference was organised by the SaudiRed Crescent Society. Saudia Arabia, the cradle of Is-

lam, had come under harsh criti-cism from western human rightsgroups for severe Sharia law pun-ishments including publicbeheadings, and for discrimina-tion against women.

Saudi Arabia, the birthplace ofOsama bin Laden, is under pres-sure from the United States toimplement reforms and crack-down on militants after theSeptemebr 11, 2001 attacks onUS cities.

Concorde endsoperation

temI- nse GI iÐm-Xn-thK(Supersonic) bm{Xm-hn-am-\-ambtIm¬tImÀUv kÀÆokv {_n«ojvFbÀthkv Ah-km-\n- n-¨p. This isafter its career of 30 years. {_n«o-jv-þ-{^©v kwbpà kwcw-

`-amb tIm¬tImÀUv 1976-þÂe­-\n \n¶v ]mco-kn-te-¡mWvI¶n- -d-¡Â \S-¯n-b-Xv.

]mco -kn 2000 PqWn 113t]cpsS ac-W-¯n-\n-S-bm-¡nb

CMYK

Pope beatifiesMother TeresaThe late Mother Teresa, the

nun of Albanian origin, was, onOctober 19, beatified (hmgv -s -«p) by Pope John Paul-II at agrand ceremony in St. Peter’sSquare in Rome.

Mother Teresa will henceforthbe called “The Blessed Teresa ofKolkata”. The Mother was beati-fied in record time, seven yearsafter her death in 1997.

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tIm¬tImÀUv Zpc- -s¯- p-SÀ¶v FbÀ {^m³kv ChXm¡m-en-I-amb \nÀ¯n-sh- n-cp-¶p. 2003 PqWn-em-bn-cp¶p FbÀ{ m³kv tIm¬tImÀUnsâ Ah-km\ ]d-¡Â.

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Best Bakery case:SC to observe

KpP-dm-¯nse s_Ìv t_¡dntIkn tImSXn \S-] -Sn -IÄ¡vkm£yw hln-¡m³ ap³ tkmfn-kn-äÀ P\-d lcojv kmÂshsbkp{]ow tImSXn \ntbm -K n -¨p .tIknse 21 {]Xn-Isf shdp-tX-hn-«-Xn-s\-Xnsc tZiob a\p-jym-h-ImiI½o-j³ kaÀ¸n¨ s]mXp-Xm¸cylÀPn-sb- p-SÀ¶m-Wn-Xv. KpP-dm v Iem-]-Im-e v amÀ v 2002-

þÂ htUm-Z-c-bnse s_Ìv t_¡dnB{I-an p \yq\-]£ kap-Zm-b-¡m-cmb 14 t]sc Np«p-sIm¶p F¶-XmWv tIkv. tIknse 21 {]Xn-I-tfbpw htUm-Zc mÌv {Sm¡v tImSXnshdptX hn«n-cp-¶p.

Film festivalThe 34th International Film Fes-

tival of India was held in New Delhi.The capital of India hosted the filmfestival for the last time. The venuewill now move on to Goa.India-China talks

India and China began talks onthe contentious border issue. TheChinese side is led by the Vice-For-eign Minister, Dan Bingyuo, and In-dia is represented by the national se-curity adviser, Brajesh Mishra.Elections in Delhi andother states

The Election Commission has

announced elections in Mizo-ram onNovember 20 and Delhi, MadhyaPradesh and Chhattisgarh on Decem-ber 1. The Chief Election Commis-

sioner is J.M. Lyng-doh andother commissioners are T.S.Krishna-murthy and B.B.Tandon.

kn¡n-ans\ C´y³ kwØm-\-ambn AwKo-I-cn- p

ssN\okv Kh-s×ânsâ HutZym-KnI sh_vssk-änse {]mtZ-inI cmPy-§-fpsS ]«n-I-bn \n¶v C´y³kwØm-\-amb kn¡n-ans\ Hgn-hm-¡n.CtXmsS kn¡n-ans\ C´y-bpsS mK-ambn ssN\ AwKo-I-cn-¡p-IbpwAXn-\p-ta-epÅ Ah-Im-i-hmZw Dt]-£n-¨n-cn-¡p-I-bp-am-Wv. 1974-þ C´y-bpsS mK-amb kn¡n-ans\ ssN\okvhntZ-i-Imcy hIp- nsâ HutZym-KnItcJ-I-fn-seÃmw {]tXyI cmPy-am-bmWv Nn{Xo-I-cn- n-cp-¶-Xv. The Nathu La trade route in

Sikkim connects India and China.Rajiv Gandhi Memorialdedicated

The President, A.P.J. AbdulKalam, on October 10, dedicated tothe nation the Rajiv GandhiNinaivakam (Memorial) at the site (atSri Perumbudur) where the formerPrime Minister was assassinated onMay 21, 1991. The Rs. 21.15-crorememorial was constructed by theCentral Public Works Department.

India commits $30million to Lanka

India signed an agreement with SriLanka for releasing $30 billion as partof the $100 million Indian line of creditto rebuild the island-nation. The agree-ment was signed in the context of thevisit of Indian Foreign Minister,Yashwant Sinha, to Sri Lanka.Skybus projectlaunched

The Railway Minister, NitishKumar, launched in Margao (Goa) anindegenously developed world’sfirst commercial prototype skybustechnology demonstration project,which is expected to revolutionize themass rapid transport system. Theeco-friendly project was developedby the Konkan Railway Corporation(KRC) at a cost of Rs. 7 crores.

“The Smart Voyager”This is a new scheme launched

by the Indian Airlines for its passen-gers from October 1. This is meant topromote domestic travel. The mainattraction of the scheme is “one as-sured free return economy class ticket”to any international destination oper-ated by the Indian Airlines. Thescheme is valid till December 31, 2003.

amdmSv {]iv\w H¯p-XoÀ¸mbn

amdmSv kw -h-§Ä ]cn-l-cn-¡p-¶-Xn\v apJy-a{´n F.-sI. Bâ-Wn-bpsSkm¶n-²y- n \S¶ NÀ -IÄ H¯p-XoÀ¸m-bn. \nb-a-hiw t\m¡n-bpÅ`mKo-I-amb kn.-_n.-sF. (Central Bu-reau of Investigation) At\z-j-Ww,acn- -h-cpsS IpSpw-_-§Ä¡v 10 e£wcq] [\-k-lmbw F¶n-h-bmWv {]k-à-amb H¯p-XoÀ v hyh-Ø-IÄ. 2003 sabv 2þ\v amdm«v \S¶ A{I-

a-kw- -h-¯n H³]Xv t]À sImÃ-

s -«ncp¶p.

Tallest skyscrapperTaiwan celebrated having the

world’s tallest skyscrappercalled Taipei 101. The structurewhich is 1667 ft. tall includes amall, office space and an obser-vatory. The building is 50 metrestaller than the Petronas Towersin Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)which was earlier the talleststructure.

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hÅ-t¯mÄ ]pc-kv¡mcwkpK-X-Ip-am-cn¡v

2003-þse hÅ-t¯mÄ ]pc-kv¡m-cw{]ikvX Ih-bn{Xn kpK-X-Ip-am-cn¡v e n-¨p. 1,11,111 cq]bpw alm-Ihn hÅ-t¯m-fnsâ Omb Bte-J\w sNbvXIoÀ n- -e-Ihpw AS-§p-¶-XmWv ]pc-kv¡m-cw. cm{Xn-a-g, A¼-e-a-Wn, cm[-sb-

hnsS F¶nh kpK-X-Ip-am-cn-bpsS{]ikvX Ihn-X-I-fm-Wv.

hb-emÀ AhmÀUvFw.- ap-Ip-µ\v

2003 -þse hb-emÀ cma-hÀ½AhmÀUv Fw. apIp-µsâ tIi-hsâhnem-]-§Ä F¶ IrXn¡v e`n- p.25,000 cq]bpw Im\mbn Ipªn-cm-a³\nÀ½n¨ sh¦e in¸-hp-amWvAhmÀUv. a¿-gn-bpsS kzmX-{ y-k-a-c- nsâ

]Ým- -e- n apIp-µ³ cNn a¿-gn-¸p-g-bpsS Xoc-§-fn F¶t\mh Gsd {]i-kvXam-Wv. ssZh-¯nsâ hnIr-Xn-IÄ, BZn-Xy\pwcm[bpw aäp Nne-cpw, lcn-Zzm-dn aWnapg-§p-¶p, Bhn-em-bnse kqtcym-Zbw F¶n-h-bmWv apIp-µâ aäp IrXn-IÄ.

BSNL tops in cellular

serviceThe CellOne service of the Bharat

Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) hasbecome the number one cellular ser-vice in Kerala with more than 3 lakhconnections. CellOne was launchedonly 11 months back.Independent IT parkfor Kochi

The Kerala government sanc-tioned the creation of an indepen-dent Information Technology park atKakkanad in Kochi, bifurcating theexisting Kinfra Export Promotion In-dustrial Park.Dengue death highestin Kerala

Kerala has recorded the maximumdengue deaths among the ten stateswhere the fever was reported. Keralahas so far reported 64 denguedeaths. Delhi follows Kerala (13deaths). The figure pertains to theperiod upto October 20. Dengue fever is spread by Aedes

mosquito.

B.S. Thakur: Lt. Gen. B.S. Thakurwas appointed Commander-in-Chiefof the Andaman and Nicobar Com-mand.Anupam Kher: Noted film and the-atre actor, Anupam Kher, was ap-pointed chairman of the CentralBoard of Film Certification (CBFC).His appointment comes in the wakeof the resignation of the former chair-man, Vijay Anand.Krishnan Premnarayan: He wasappointed chairman of the AuditBureau of Circulation (ABC).Fw. Zmtam-Z-c³: bp.-Sn.-sF. (UnitTrust of India) bpsS sNbÀam³ Fw.Zmtam-Z-cs\ C³U-kv{Sn-b sUh-e-]vsaâ v _m¦v Hm^v C´y (IDBI)sNbÀam\pw amt\-PnMv Ub-d-Î-dp-ambn \nb-an- p.

S. Balaraman: The Kerala Govern-ment appointed Dr S. Balaraman aschairman of the State Human RightsCommission. He succeeds JusticeM. Pareed Pillai.

External debt risesIndia’s external debt increased

by 4.8 per cent in the first quarter ofthe current financial year. This ismainly on account of an increase indeposits from non-resident Indians(NRIs), external commercial borrow-ings (ECBs) by corporates and short-term credit. External debt increasedby $5 billion to $109.6 billion.GDP growth 5.7%

According to the Central Statis-tical Organisation (CSO) India’sGross Domestic Product (GDP) grewat the rate of 5.7 per cent in the firstquarter (April-June) of 2003-04. Thisis against the 5.3 per cent registered

India-ASEAN free trade pactIndia and the Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) signed

three accords in Bali in Indonesia. They are (a) a framework agreement

towards a free trade area by 2011, (b) a joint declaration against terror-ism and (c) New Delhi’s accession to the ASEAN Treaty of Amity andCooperation (TAC). C´y³ {][m-\-a{´n F.-_n. hmPvt]-bn-bpsS _menkµÀi-\-t¯m-S-\p-_-Ôn- mWv IcmÀ H¸p-h- -Xv.

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in the first quarter of 2003-04. Manu-facturing and Agriculture sectorsgrew by 6.4 % and 1.7% respectively.Imports rise

According to the data released bythe Union Ministry of Commerce im-ports rose by 22.14 per cent duringthe first five months of the current fis-cal (April-August 2003) widening thetrade deficit to $6 billion from $2.7 bil-lion in the same period last year.

Total exports during April-Au-gust are estimated at $22.5 billion asagainst $20.6 billion in the same pe-riod last year.BSE ties up withDow Jones

The Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) signed an agreement with DowJones Newswires for real-time feedof news and analysis to users of theexchange’s website and trading ter-minals.SBI launches new fund

SBI Mutual Fund, on October 1,launched its Magnum Income PlusFund – a mutual fund with a free lifecover. This is the first time a mutualfund scheme is being offered with afree life cover for all investors in theage group of 18-54 years to the extentof their investments with the maximumcover of Rs. 2 lakhs. The life cover willcontinue so long as the investmentsremain in the scheme. A.K. Purwar is the chairman of

the State Bank of India (SBI).Public sector banksreap gains

The 19 public sector banks(PSBs) registered an all-round im-provement with their net profits in-creasing by nearly 50 per cent. Thenet profit of all PSBs touched a highof Rs. 12,294 by the end of March2003 as compared to Rs. 8,299 croresat the end of March 2002, an increaseof 48.19 per cent. The gross profitswere of the order of Rs. 29,715 crores

as against Rs. 21,671 crores by theend of March 2002.India-Oman fertilizerproject

In a major step towards cement-ing their economic partnership, In-dia and Oman have started the con-struction of a giant fertilizer manu-facturing unit at Qalat, near Sur, inOman. Two Indian firms, IndianFarmers Fertilizer Cooperative(IFFCO) and Krishak Bharati Coop-erative (KRIBHCO) have a 25% stakeeach while the Oman Oil Companyhas a 50% share in the joint venturenamed Oman-India Fertilizer Com-pany (OMIFCO). The firm will pro-duce 1.65 million tonnes of granu-lated urea and 2,50,000 tonnes of sur-plus ammonia annually to cater toIndia’s future fertilizer demand.Indian companiesin Forbes list

t^m_vkv amknI Is­- nbAta-cn-¡bv¡p ]pd-¯pÅ 200 anI¨hyh-kmb kwcw- -§-fpsS ]«n-I-bnÂC´y-bpsS 18 I¼-\n-IÄ DÄs¸-«p. tkm^vävsh-bÀ I¼-\n-I-fmb

C³t^m-kn-kv, hnt{]m, kXywIw]yq-t«-gvkv, [\-Imcy Øm]-\-§-fmb tImÀ¸-td-j³ _m¦v,FNv.-Un.-F- v.-kn. (Housing De-velopment and Finance Corpo-ration), F¶n-h-bmWv {]apJ I¼-\n-IÄ.

Microsoft unveilsOffice 2003

Microsoft India unveiled its lat-est offering Microsoft Office sysemwhose core is the Office 2003. TheMicrosoft Office System includessolutions, program, servers and ser-vices. As part of the launchMicrosoft introduced three newproducts – Infopath, One Note and

Offie Live Communication Server.

NASA’slaser-poweredplane

The Na-tional Aeronau-tical and SpaceA g e n c y(NASA) testeda small 300-gram model plane entirelypowered by laser light emanatingfrom the ground. This is the world’sfirst laser-powered plane.

New DelhiThe capital of India was the

venue of the ‘Third InternationalConference on Fugitives’ organisedby the Central Bureau of Investiga-tion (CBI).Nusa Dua (Bali)

ASEAN+India summit was heldin Nusa Dua in Indonesia.New Delhi

Venue of the 34th InternationalFilm Festival of India.

CVC statutory bodyThe Central Vigilance Commis-

sion Bill became an Act. With this,statutory status was conferred onthe CVC to exercise superintendenceover the functioning of the CentralBureau of Investigation (CBI). It wasalso empowered to probe offencescommitted by Central Governmentofficers, corporations, societies andlocal authorities.

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National Tax TribunalThe President, on October 16,

promulgated an ordinance to set upa National Tax Tribunal which wouldbe headed by a retired Judge of theSupreme Court or a retired Chief Jus-tice of a High Court.

National MinorityCommission

Tarlochan singh is the chairman.Atbm[ym {]iv\w cay-ambn ]cn-l-cn-¡m³ lnµpþapÉow hn`m-K-§-fpsSc­v I½-än-IÄ cq]o-I-cn¨v NÀ¨-bv¡pÅ thZn Hcp-¡m³ \yq\-]£

I½o-j³ Xocp-am-\n-¨p.

Central POTA ReviewCommittee

Justice Arun B. Saharya is thechairman of the Committee. POTOZpcp-]-tbmKw XS-bp-¶-Xnsâ mK-ambntI{µ \nb-a-\nÀ½mWw \S-¯p-¶-Xn-s\-¡p-dn¨v Btem-Nn-¡p-¶p. POTOXan-gv\m-«n cm{ãob {]Xn-Im-c- n-\mbn Zpcp -]-tbm-K-s¸-Sp -¯p¶pFs¶m-cm-tcm-]-W-ap-­v. t]mt«m{]Imcw ssht¡m Pbn-en-em-Wv. \¡o-c³ tKm]mepw t]mt«m {]Imcw Pbn-en-e-S-bv¡-s¸-«p.

Atomic EnergyCommission

Chairman: Anil Kakodkar. Theconstruction of Advanced HeavyWater Reactor (AHWR) which willuse thorium as fuel will begin in 2004. The construction of the Proto-

type Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR)started at Kalpakkam in Tamilnadu on August 18, 2003.

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Chinese inspace

China, on October 16,successfully put Yang Lewei,an astronaut, in space aboardthe spaceship, Shenzou-V. djybv¡pw Ata -cn -

¡bv¡pw tijw a\p-jys\ hln-¨p-sIm-­pÅ_ln-cm -Imi hml\whnt£-]n-¡p¶ BZy cmPy-amWv ssN\.

""Znhy-\uI'' F¶À°w hcp¶ sj³ju-þ5 t]SIw hnt£-]n- XvssN\-bnse awtKm-fn-b³ {]tZ-i-¯pÅ tKm_n acp- q-an-bnse Pnbp-Izm³ hnt£-]W tI{µ- n \n¶m-Wv.

Yuri Gagarin of USSR was the first cosmonaut to travel to space.PSLV launched

The eighth flight of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO)launch vehicle, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), on October17, placed the Indian Remote Sensing Satellite Resourcesate-I in an821 km-high polar Sun Synchronous Orbit.Russia sends space crew

Russia successfully launched a spaceship (Soyuz TMA-3) with amultinational crew to the International Space Station (ISS). The cos-monauts are Alexander Karelil (Russia), Pedro Duque (Spain) and MikeFoale (US).

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K¯v h³ hfÀ¨m km[yX {]Xo-£n-¡mw.

Pak tests missilesPakistan, on October 3, testfired

an indigenuous short-range surface-to-surface missile, Hatf-III Ghaznavi.It has a range of 290 km. Another surface-to-surface mis-

sile, Shaheen-I, which has arange of 700 km, was alsotestfired by Pakistan.

Pact on AWACSIndia signed a trilateral agree-

ment with Russia and Israel, pavingthe way for the acquisition of the so-

phisticated Airborne Early Warningand Control System (AWACS). In-dia will become the only country inthe region to possess AWACS. Onlythe US, Russia, France, Germany,Jpan, Saudi Arabia and Sweden pos-sess the AWACS.

P.C. Sharma: kn.-_n.-sF. tPmbnâ vUb-d-ÎÀ ]n.-kn. iÀ½ CâÀt]mÄ(Interpol) D]m-[y-£-\mbn Øm\-taäpElia Kazan: Stage and film directorand winner of Oscar for the film, Onthe Waterfront, died in New York.Vidya Chabria and Naina LalKidwai: The two highly paid womenexecutives in India, Vidya Chabriaand Naina Lal Kidwai, were picked

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by the Forbes magazine in its list ofthe world’s top 50 corporate women.Steve Waugh: The Australian crick-eter, Steve Waugh, was appointedas the Australian Tourism Ambassa-dor to India. Waugh is the third sports-man after swimmer Ian Thorpe andsurfer Layne Beachley to be madetourism ambassador.Mamoon Abdul Gayoom: The presi-dent of Maldives was elected for the6th consecutive term. His term is for5 years.Akhmad Kadyrov: Russia appointedAkhmad Kadyrov as president of thewar-wracked Russian republic ofChechnya.Goizeder Azua: Miss Venezuala,Goizeder Azua, was chosen as MissInternational 2003 at the beauty pag-eant in Tokyo, the capital of Japan.Miss India Shonali Nagram and MissFinland Suvi Pavikki Hartlin werechosen as runners up.Roger Moore: The former JamesBond actor, Roger Moore, wasknighted by Queen Elizabeth of Brit-ain for his work as a good-will am-bassador of the UNICEF.Arnold Shwarzenegger: The Holly-wood star-turned statesman, ArnoldShwarzenegger, was electedgoverner of the state of California,United States. He replaces GaryDavis.Carlos Mesa: sXs¡ Ata-cn-¡³cmPy-amb s_mfo-hn-b-bpsS {]kn-Uâmbn ImÀtemkv aok Øm\-ta-äp. La Paz BWv s_mfo-hn-b-bpsS Xe-

Øm-\w.sI.-hn. tPm_v: {]ikvX kwKo-X-kw-hn-[m-b-I-\mb sI.-hn. tPm_v (tPm_vamÌÀ) sIm¨n-bn A -cn- p.\hm_v cmtP-{µ³: s]mXp-XmÂ]cyhyh-lm-c-§-fn-eqsS {]i-kvX-\mb]{X-{]-hÀ¯-I³ \hm_v cmtP-{µ³Xncp-h-\- -]p-c¯v A -cn-¨p.Alison Richard: Prof. Alison Rich-ard took over as the first womanVice-Chancellor of the Cambridge

Univerisity, London. The appoint-ment of Prof. Richard, a leading an-thropologist, signals an end to themale monopoly of top posts at oneof Britain’s oldest universities.Ajit Jogi: The Chief Minister ofChhattisgarh was chargesheeted bythe Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) for dishonestly and fraudu-lently using a forged document ofthe Intelligence Bureau as genuine. kz´w Adn-thmsS Câ-en-P³kv

_yqtdm -bpsS hnizm -kyXXIÀ¡m³ tPmKn -Ir{Xnatc-J-IÄ D]-tbm-Kn- -Xmbn kn.-_n.-sF. Ipä -]{X -¯nÂ]d-ªp

N.R. Madhava Menon: Prof. N.R.Madhava Menon took over as thefirst director of the National JudicialAcademy, Bhopal (MadhyaPradesh). The academy is the na-tional centre for reasearch in judicialadministration and training.Abdoulaye Wade: The president ofthe West-African nation, Senegal,was on a four-day official visit toIndia.Al-½Zv Jpsdbv: ]me-kvXo³ {][m-\-a-{´n-bmbn Al-½Zv Jpsdbv \nb-an-X-\m-bn. al-aqZv Aºm-kv cmPn-sh-

-Xn-s\-¯p-SÀ¶m-Wn-Xv.Live Ullman: The legendary Norwe-

gian actress, Liv Ullman, was pre-sented the lifetime achievementaward at the 34th International FilmFestival of India-2003 in New Delhi.Ronald K. Noble: The Secretary-General of Interpol, Ronald K. Noble,visited India recently.Cem Aen-tbhv: ap³ tkmhn-bäv dn -»n-¡mb AkÀss_-Pm³ {]kn-Uâmbn Cem Aen-tbhv h³ qcn-]-£- n sXc-sª-Sp-¡-s -«p.Dawood Ibrahim: Vindicating India’sstand, the United States declared theunderworld don, Dawood Ibrahim, asa global terrorist, linking him to theOsama-led Al-Qaeda and attacks byIslamic extremists aimed atdestabilising the Indian Government.Raman Puri: Vice-Admiral Raman

Puri took overas the Chief ofthe IntegratedDefence Staff(CIDS).K.R. Malkani:The Lt. Gover-nor of Pondi-cherry, K.R.Malkani, diedin Pondicherry.

Yogendra Kumar Modi: Chairman ofModi Telecommunications, Y.K.Modi, was elected chairman of theFederation of Indian Chambers ofCommerce and Industry (FICCI).Thabo Embeki: The South AfricanPresident was on an official visit toIndia. This is Embeki’s first visit toIndia after taking over as president.Ben Metcalfe: The founder of theenvironmental group, GreenpeaceInternational, passed away recently.

Jamnalal Bajaj awards-2003: NotedGandhian, Ravindranath Upadhyay,has been named for this year’sJamnalal Bajaj award. Upadhyay pio-

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neered the concept of common gra-nary for the rural areas where villag-ers can deposit their produce ac-cording to their capacity and take itback in times of need. The Jamnalal Bajaj award for In-

ternational understanding will begiven to Mary E. King whoworked alongside Martin LutherKing Jr. on civil rights issues.

Lal Bahadur Shastri NationalAward-2002: R.A. Mashelkar, Direc-tor General of the CSIR (Council ofScientific and Industrial Research),was presented the prestigious LalBahadur Shastri National Award forexcellence in public administrationand management sciences. Theaward carries a cash prize of Rs. 1lakh.hb-emÀ AhmÀUv-þ2003: 2003-þse hb-emÀ cma-hÀ½ kmlnXy AhmÀUn\vFw. apIp-µsâ tIi-hsâ hnem-]-§ÄF¶ IrXn AÀl-am-bn. 25,000cq]bmWv AhmÀUv XpI.Lata Mangeshkar award -2003: Lyri-cist, singer-music director, RavindraJain has been chosen for the LataMangeshkar award (2003) institutedby the Maharashtra government.Cµn-cm-KmÔn AhmÀUv-þ2003: ssP\k\ymkn BNmcy alm-{]-Úbv¡vtZio -tbm-Z v{K-Y -\ -¯n-\pÅ CuhÀjs¯ Cµn -cm -KmÔn ]pc -kv¡mcw e`n-¨p. 1.51 e£w cq]-bmWvAhmÀUv XpI.French honour: Noted Malayalamfilm maker, Adoor Gopala-krishnan,was conferred by the French gov-ernment with the ‘Commander DesArts et Lethres’ (The Order of theArts and Letters) honour for his re-markable contribution to interna-tional cinema. The award, estab-lished in 1975, is meant to honourdistinguished personalities in thefields of arts and letters for their con-tribution to the spread of culture inFrance and worldwide.Golden Peacock award-2003: Ira-

nian film-maker, Samira Mathmalbaf,won the Golden Peacock Award forthe best film by an Asian director atthe 34th International Film Festivalof India (IFFI) in New Delhi. kaod kwhn-[m\w sNbvX Five

in the Afternoon F¶ Nn{X-amWvk½m-\-¯n-\Àl-am-b-Xv.

The Bengali film-maker,Subhadro Chowdhary, won theSilver Peacock special jury awardfor his film, Prohor.

Dhanvantari award-2003: Re-nowned neurophysician, Noshir H.Wadia, is the winner of this year’sDhanvantari award for outstandingcontribution in the field of medicalscience.Gandhi-King Award-2003: theKenyan President, Mawai Kebaki, isthe winner of this year’s Gandhi-Kingaward for non-violence.French Forum Medal: N.R. NarayanaMurthy, chairman of the softwaregiant, Infosys, was awarded thenewly instituted French ForumMedal. This was in recognition ofMurthy’s role in promoting Indo-French ties.amXr- qan kmlnXy ]pc-kv¡m-cwþ2002:2002-þse amXr-`qan kmlnXy ]pc-kv¡m-c- n\v alm-Ihn ]mem \mcm-b-W³\mbÀ AÀl-\m-bn. c­p e£wcq]bpw {]ikvXn ]{Xhpw AS-§p-¶-XmWv ]pc-kv¡m-cw. 2000-þ- n GÀs¸-Sp- nb amXr-

`qan kmlnXy ]pc-kv¡mcw CXn\vap¼v Xnt¡m-Sn-b\pw Fw.-hn. tZh-\p-amWv e`n- n-«p-Å-Xv.

Kalidas Samman-2003-04: The na-tional Kalidas Samman in dance for2003-04 was conferred on the dancer/choreographer Chandralekha. Theaward carries a cash prize of Rs. 1lakh. Renowned dancer and thefounder of Kalakshetra, Adyar,Rukmini Devi Arundale, is the firstwinner of the Kalidas Samman fordance (1983).

D.B.C. Pierre: D.B.C. Pierre, theMexican-Australian writer, is thewinner of this year’s $50,000 BookerPrize. Pierre, whose real name is Pe-ter Finaly, won the prize for his firstnovel, Vernon God Little, hailed asthe satirical version of the contem-porary America. D.B.C. stands for “Dirty But

Clean”.Right Livelihood Award-2003:Walden Bello and Nicanor Perlas ofPhilippines; the Citizen’s Coalitionfor Economic Justice from SouthKorea; SEKEM, an Egyptian net-work of business and social civilgroups; and the former New ZealandPrime Minister, David Lange, are thewinners of this year’s Right Liveli-hood Award, popularly known as Al-ternative Nobel Prize.KmÔn kam-[m\ ]pc-kvImcw: ap³sN¡v {]kn-Uâ v hm¢mhv lmh-en\vCu hÀjs¯ KmÔn kvamcI ]pc-kvImcw e`n-¨p.

C\n Rm\pd-§s« þ ]n.-sI. _me-Ir-jvW³

tZh-bm\w þ Fw.-hn. tZh³ This is a collection of essays by

the noted sculptor and writer.The Legacy of Charaka - Dr M.S.

ValiathanThe Namesake - Jhumpa LahiriVideo Stories – Mira NairVernon God Little – D.B.C. PierreA Royal Duty – Paul Burrell This is a controversial book

about the late Princess Diana bya former royal butler (]mN-I-¡m-c³).

October1 : World Blood Donation Day.

: World Music Day

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: International Day for the Eld-erly.

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Monday of October (2003:October 6)

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ASEAN - Association of SouthEast Asian Nations

DIAS - Direct Internet Accesssystem

KRC - Konkan Railway Corpo-ration

ISS - International Space Sta-tion

ABC - Audit Bureau of Circula-tion

CSO - Central StatisticalOrganisation

PSLV - Polar Satellite Launch Ve-hicle

AWACS- Airborne Early Warningand Control System

CVC - Central Vigilance Commis-sion

CSIR - Council of Scientific andIndustrial Research

UNICEF - United Nations Interna-tional Children’s Emer-gency Fund

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(See Current Developments)

Dhanraj excludedThe Indian hockey captain,

Dhanraj Pillai, was excluded from theteam for the Afro-Asian Games inHyderabad. Dhanraj Pillai was the captain of

the Indian team which won theAsia Cup Hockey tournament inKuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

Hayden breaks Lara’srecord

Australian batsman, MatthewHayden, broke the West Indiancricketter Brian Lara’s individual testrecord with a wonderful score of 380runs in the test match against Zim-babwe in Perth (Australia). Hayden’s record beat the previ-

ous mark of 375 runs set by theWest Indian batsman, Lara,against England in 1994.

Wilson Jones deadIndia’s first World Billiards cham-

pion died recently. He was championin 1958 and 1964.