1.
Eugene F. Fama, Robert J. Shiller and Lars Peter Hansen shared the 2013
Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their research on how the market
prices of assets such as stocks move. All these three laureates are
Americans,
2. The head of the
United Nations named Sigrid Kaag to lead the UN's joint mission with the
chemical weapons watchdog tasked with eliminating Syria's arsenal,
diplomats said.
3. Gold loan company Muthoot Finance Ltd has
been bestowed with Golden Peacock Award for ‘HR Excellence for 2013’ at a
function in London.
4. ING Vysya Bank has entered into a
business tie-up with Indian Railways’ IRCTC to offer online train
ticketing services to its customers.
5. ONGC Videsh Ltd, the
overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has won two onland
oil blocks in Myanmar, strengthening its presence in the south-east
Asian nation.
6. Former Union minister, freedom fighter and
environmentalist Mohan Dharia, who quit the Indira Gandhi government
against imposition of Emergency, died here today of chronic kidney
failure. He was 89.
7. Oscar Hijuelos, a son of Cuban
immigrants to the U.S. whose 1989 novel "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of
Love" made him the first Latino to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction,
has died. He was 62.
8. Vietnam is evacuating tens of thousands
of people in the path of Typhoon Nari, state media said today, after
the powerful storm left 13 dead in the Philippines.
9. India
and the US have agreed to further strengthen bilateral economic tiesand
work towards a greater understanding of investment related issues.
10. Australian Terry Walsh is set to be appointed as head coach of the
Indian men's hockey team after the Sports Authority of India recommended
his name to the Sports Ministry.
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