Malala invited to meet Queen Elizabeth
Impressed
by the bravery of Pakistani girls’ education campaigner Malala Yousafzai, Queen
Elizabeth II has invited her to the Buckingham Palace.
The Queen
has also asked Pakistan’s high commissioner to the UK, Wajid Shamsul Hasan,
about her recovery, the Sunday Times reported on Sunday.
Malala
has given her first detailed account to the British newspaper of what happened
when she was shot on the way home from school in Pakistan a year ago.
“I was
terrified. Where were my parents? Who had brought me there?” she said, in
reference to her four operations in Britain and crediting the surgeons for
giving her a ‘second life’.
“I didn’t
know what had happened. The nurses weren’t telling me anything. Even my name.
Was I still Malala? No one told me what was going on or who had brought me to
the hospital,” recalled Malala.
She then
became so worried about the cost of her treatment that she thought of sneaking
out of hospital to get a job. “I thought, ‘I need to go out and start working
to earn money,’” she said.
Petroleum Ministry launches 5 kg LPG cylinder scheme
Petroleum
and Natural Gas Minister M. Veerappa Moily launched the 5-kg LPG cylinder
scheme, on a pilot basis, in four metros, and inter-company LPG portability in
24 cities across the country here on Saturday.
Speaking
after the launch, Mr. Moily said the Vijay Kelkar Committee, appointed by the
Ministry, was preparing a road map to make India self-sufficient in oil and
natural gas by 2030.
“Be it
our government or that of the National Democratic Alliance, the road map would
be in place by the desired time.”
The
Ministry had already started work on setting up an oil refinery at Barmer in
Rajasthan, where huge oil and natural gas reserves had been found. The
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation was setting up the refinery.
The 5-kg
cylinders would initially be sold through selected company-owned and
company-operated (COCO) outlets of public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs)
in 11 places — three in Bangalore, two in Mumbai, three in Kolkata and three in
Chennai. Depending upon customer response during the three-month pilot period,
the facility would be extended to other parts of the country.
Rohan Bopanna-Edouard Roger Vasselin won Japan Open 2013
India’s
lawn tennis player Rohan Bopanna with French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin won
the Rakuten Japan Open tennis championship (Men's Doubles) on 6 October 2013 in
Tokyo. They won the cash prize of the 1297000 US dollars. The fourth seeded
Indo-French pair emerged victorious with a 7-6 (5) 6-4 scoreline against the
Briton-Australian pair of Jemie Murray and John Peers in one hour and 17
minutes.
Bopanna
had won his first title of the 2013 season in February 2013 when he triumphed
at ATP 250 event in Marseille, France paired with Colin Fleming of Britain.
He had
also reached the final of Rome Masters with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi but lost
in the final. Bopanna and his French partner had a really tough battle in the
final match of Japan Open
Pakistan won Under-19 Asian Rugby Championship 2013
Pakistan on 5 October 2013 defeated India in the final of
the Under-19 Asian Rugby Championship 2013 in Lahore. Pakistan won the final
match with the margin of 13-11 points.
India and Bangladesh jointly inaugurated India-Bangladesh Grid Inter-connection
Bheramara:
India-Bangladesh Grid Inter-connection jointly inauguarated here
India and
Bangladesh on 5 October 2013 jointly inaugurated the India-Bangladesh Grid
Inter-connection at Bheramara in Bangladesh. The joint venture was launched
through video-conferencing from New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime
Minister described today's inauguration as an important milestone in connecting
the two countries and the border region through a growing web of cross-border
energy links and trade. The Prime Minister also assured Bangladesh that India
will remain a steadfast and long-term partner in development efforts.
The
transmission line in High Voltage Direct Current, HVDC, in Bheramara, will
provide a safe and reliable interconnection between the power grids of the two
countries. Dr Singh said, this will enable the supply of 500 megawatts of power
from India to Bangladesh. The initiative undertaken today will strengthen
the bonds of friendship between the two countries and add a new dimension to
bilateral relations.
The
initiative being undertaken today strengthen the bonds of friendship between
India and Bangladesh and add a rich new dimension to our bilateral relation.
Economic development is the biggest challenge for all countries in South Asia.
Our destinies are interlinked and so must our economy be.
Both the Prime Ministers also jointly laid the foundation stone for 1320 megawatt Maitri Thermal Power Project, being developed by Bangladesh-India friendship power-company which is a joint venture of India's NTPC and Bangladesh Power Development Board.
Both the Prime Ministers also jointly laid the foundation stone for 1320 megawatt Maitri Thermal Power Project, being developed by Bangladesh-India friendship power-company which is a joint venture of India's NTPC and Bangladesh Power Development Board.
The
historic event has taken India Bangladesh relations to a greater height. The 500
MW of power which will become available to Bangladesh in November 2013 will
substantially help to bridge the power deficit in Bangladesh.
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