1. Himachal Pradesh sets up first bird ringing station. A bird ringing
station, where a ring will be put on birds' legs to study their
migration pattern in the western Himalayas, has been set up by the state
wildlife wing in the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in the Kullu
Valley.
2. A 25-year-old Venezuelan television presenter, Gabriela Isler, on Saturday was crowned Miss Universe in Moscow in a glittering ceremony.
3. Prime Minister Manmohan Singhhas been listed as the world's most powerful, influential and contemporary Sikh, according to the first edition of the annual 'Sikh 100' published here.
4. The five United Nation veto powers and Germany failed to agree on an initial nuclear deal with Iran that would have asked for mutual concessions, after three days of high-level talks in Geneva.
5. Spaniard Marc Marquez at 20 years of age became the youngest rider to ever win the MotoGP world championship as he finished third at the Valencia Grand Prix on Sunday.
6. Chief Minister Raman Singh and his three ministers are among the candidates whose fate will be decided on Monday when 18 assembly constituencies in the worst Naxal-hit regions of Bastar and Rajnandgaon go to polls amid heavy security in the first phase in Chhattisgarh.
7. The 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) foreign ministers meeting would be held here on November 11 and November 12.
8. Defending champion Viswanathan Anand was caught off guard by a surprise opening from Magnus Carlsen of Norway as he played out a tame draw against his challenger with white pieces in the second game of the World Chess Championship here today.
9. India will convey to Pakistan on the margins of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM on November 12 New Delhi's serious concern on repeated violations of the Line of Control (LoC) by Pakistani troops.
10. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction and hundreds of people dead.
2. A 25-year-old Venezuelan television presenter, Gabriela Isler, on Saturday was crowned Miss Universe in Moscow in a glittering ceremony.
3. Prime Minister Manmohan Singhhas been listed as the world's most powerful, influential and contemporary Sikh, according to the first edition of the annual 'Sikh 100' published here.
4. The five United Nation veto powers and Germany failed to agree on an initial nuclear deal with Iran that would have asked for mutual concessions, after three days of high-level talks in Geneva.
5. Spaniard Marc Marquez at 20 years of age became the youngest rider to ever win the MotoGP world championship as he finished third at the Valencia Grand Prix on Sunday.
6. Chief Minister Raman Singh and his three ministers are among the candidates whose fate will be decided on Monday when 18 assembly constituencies in the worst Naxal-hit regions of Bastar and Rajnandgaon go to polls amid heavy security in the first phase in Chhattisgarh.
7. The 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) foreign ministers meeting would be held here on November 11 and November 12.
8. Defending champion Viswanathan Anand was caught off guard by a surprise opening from Magnus Carlsen of Norway as he played out a tame draw against his challenger with white pieces in the second game of the World Chess Championship here today.
9. India will convey to Pakistan on the margins of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM on November 12 New Delhi's serious concern on repeated violations of the Line of Control (LoC) by Pakistani troops.
10. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction and hundreds of people dead.
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