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Monday, June 21, 2010

In the news, April 2010

BCCI to scrutinise Modi; Chirayu Amin named IPL chief (zee news)
Sachin most-googled player at IPL (ndtv)
Lisa Ray back and fully healed of cancer (Times of India)

Juan Antonio Samaranch, the seventh president of the International Olympic Committee, dies at the age of 89.

The United People's Freedom Alliance, led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, wins the Sri Lankan general election, securing 144 of the 225 parliamentary seats.

Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka requests his freedom from "illegal detention" in his first speech in parliament. (Al Jazeera)

Keflavík International Airport, Iceland's largest airport, is shut down due to volcanic ash.
Earth Day 2010 grows a Google Doodle forest for its 30th birthday (guardian)
Shashi Tharoor Resigns: India Cricket Scandal Takes Down Government Minister (huffingtonpost)
RBI hikes key rates, CRR by 25 bps (zeenews)
Jessica Lall case: Manu Sharma gets life sentence from Supreme Court (NDTV)

Shashi Tharoor quits over IPL controversy (zee news)
37.2 per cent of population BPL, 10 crore families to get food security (Indian Express)
Tharoor meets PM; Sunanda to surrender Kochi IPL stake (NDTV)
Teen girls drinking may increase breast cancer risk (xinhua)

From left: Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Hu Jintao and India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pose for the family photo of the II BRIC Summit in Brasilia on April 15.
BRIC leaders: IMF, World Bank has 'legitimacy deficits'(cnn)
Ten hurt in cricket match bombings (independent)
India, China sign agreement to establish hotline between PMs (PTI)
71 mln People used the Internet in India Last Year (techtree)
1.45-crore people take dip in the Ganga (Hindu)
Nearly 1.45-crore pilgrims took a dip in the Ganga on Wednesday, the day of the last royal bath during the Mahakumbh here.
76-years-old talk-show host Larry King files for divorce (xinhua)
World agrees to secure nukes in four years (zee news)
Summit agrees to protect nuclear stocks 'in four years' (bbc)
Polish leader, 95 others dead in Russia jet crash (AP)
Space shuttle Discovery, 7 astronauts blast off (ap)
World's oldest sheep, Lucky, dies in Australia at 23 (bbc)
The world's oldest sheep has died in Australia at the age of 23 - twice the normal life expectancy - after succumbing to a record heatwave.

Lucky hit the Guinness record in 2007 and was a celebrity in her hometown of Lake Bolac, near Melbourne.



The mother and uncle of M. Sunil Kumar, who killed himself to aid a statehood struggle in India.

Suicides, Some for Separatist Cause, Jolt India (nytimes)

Sania should play for Pakistan after marriage: PTF chief (rediff)

India launches biometric census (bbc)

UNESCO, ILO and UNICEF Welcome India's Right To Education Act (oneindia)
US teen sells 7-yr-old sister for sex (Times of India)
Unpaid Spanish air hostesses strip in protest (reuters)
Affluent non-T forces behind violence: JAC (new indian express)
Vice President becomes the second person enumerated for 2011 Census (ANI)
India a world mathematics power, says Professor Raghunathan (Hindu)

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