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National:
Former Salwa Judum leader killedChinnram Gota, a leader of the
erstwhile anti-Naxalite movement, Salwa Judum, in Bijapur was
killed byMaoists at Pusler village under the Farsegarh police
station. Mr. Gota was targeted twice by the Maoists in2009 and
earlier this year.Mr. Gota had gone to the village to inspect the
harvest when he and his guards
were encircled by the rebels. Mr. Gota was one of the main
leaders of the Salwa Judum and first started thecampaign in his
village. In recent years, he left the Salwa Judum to work as a
farmer.
Geophysicist Devendra Lal deadDevendra Lal, geophysicist and
visiting professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
of theUniversity of California, San Diego, has died. He was 83.
Professor Lal started his research career when hewas 20 at the Tata
Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai. He won the Shanti
SwarupBhatnagar Award in 1967 and Padma Shri in 1971. He was the
recipient of the NASA Group AchievementAward (Skylab III) and the
Hans Peterson Medal from the Royal Swedish Academy. From 1972 to
1983, heserved as Director of the Physical Research Laboratory,
which is mainly supported by the Department ofSpace.
Gandhis march for a causeIt was a beautiful sight to see 1,012
children clad in white dhoti and towel, carrying stick, spinning
wheel,
waving the flag, wearing golden frames and slippers taking out a
rally to promote non-violence, ahimsa andGandhian principles at
Visakhapatnam. The initiative was taken by Youth Under Various
Achievements topromote Gandhian principles and also to get into The
Guinness Book of World Records.
Biodiversity expo has something for everyoneEven as public and
private stakeholders start debating national and global concerns at
the second IndianBiodiversity Congress in Bangalore a three-day
exposition accompanying it will showcase them in theircommon,
visible and practical hues: as food, medicine, vegetation, animals
and almost everything elsenatural that our lifestyle affects. This
is the first major expo being held in the country during the
ongoingUnited Nations Decade on Biodiversity 2011-2020, according
to its organizers.
Part-Bengal, part-white tiger cubsVandalur zoo officials who
have been on tenterhooks for a year-and-a-half, were all pleased as
three cubswere born to nine-year-old Royal Bengal tiger Vijay, and
his companion Akansha, a three-year-old white
tigress, a few days ago. The birth marks the first successful
cross breeding of the two species of tigers in thecity zoo at
Chennai, and officials say, is the first time such a procedure has
been carried out in the country .The move was also aimed at
preventing inbreeding among white tigers.
International kite festival adds colour to Delhi skiesA two-day
Delhi International Kite Festival was inaugurated with great
fanfare by Delhi Women and ChildDevelopment Minister Kiran Walia on
the India Gates lawns on 8 December.
International:
Countries unhappy with proposals, yet continue with Doha
talksThe climate talks continued at Doha with Conference of Parties
(COP) 18 president Abdullah Bin Hamid AlHattiyah of Qatar pushing
for a conclusion, while accepting that everyone was unhappy with
the proposals,
but at the same time wanting an outcome. The COP president,
determined to finish the meeting said therecould be no text to make
everyone happy and if they were reopened for discussion, it would
be like openinga Pandoras box and would take another two or three
weeks to reach a conclusion. On what he described asthe final day,
he called on countries to accept what we can offer, while agreeing
that it was not perfect.
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Sri Lankan Chief Justice guilty, says parliamentary panelSri
Lankas first woman Chief Justice faced the threat of dismissal from
office after a parliamentary panelfound her guilty of three
accusations of professional misconduct. The charges against Chief
Justice ShiraniBandaranayake have raised international concerns
that the government is trying to control the judiciary. Thepanel
said it had found Ms. Bandaranayake guilty of three out of five
charges of financial and professionalmisconduct brought by the
ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance. The charges on which she
was found
guilty include failing to declare nine bank accounts and
interfering in a case involving a company from whichher sister had
bought an apartment. If the Chief Justice is found guilty of even
one charge, and a majority ofthe 225-member house votes for her
removal, the President can dismiss her within a month.
Philippines braces for return of killer typhoonA powerful
typhoon that has killed hundreds of people and wreaked devastation
in the Philippines was set tosmash into the country again. Typhoon
Bopha had looked to be heading away after destroying
wholecommunities in the south. Bopha smashed into Mindanao from the
Pacific Ocean with gusts of up to 210kilometres an hour. At least
548 people have been killed and about 500 others missing.
Psy apologises for anti-U.S. performancesSouth Korean singer
Psy, famed for his runaway hit Gangnam Style, apologised for
anti-Americanperformances a decade ago, ahead of a planned show
before U.S. President Barack Obama. In 2002 thesinger smashed a
model U.S. tank at a protest over the American military presence in
South Korea and the
death of two South Korean teenagers who were struck by a U.S.
military vehicle. Two years later, he usedcontroversial
expletive-laden lyrics calling for the killing of Yankees who have
been torturing Iraqi captives ata concert after a South Korean
evangelist was beheaded by Islamist militants in Iraq during the
U.S.-ledconflict. This happened after Seoul rejected their demand
to halt a troop deployment to the country.
Business and economy:
Wipro to acquire Waxsons for $144 mWipro announced that it had
signed a definitive agreement to acquire the entire stake of the
L.D. WaxsonsGroup, a Singapore-based fast moving consumer goods
(FMCG) company, for a consideration of $144million. Waxsons, which
is expected to earn revenues of about $68 million in 2012, would
account for about9 per cent of Wipros Consumer Care and Lighting
Business. The acquisition is to be consummated in 60days.
Sport:
World jr. meetThe Volkswagen World Junior table tennis
championship gets underway (WJTTC) at the Sports Authority ofAndhra
Pradesh (SAAP) indoor stadium, Gachibowli at Hyderabad.
