Page 1 of 3

10
th
June 2013


National:

Mal nutriti on causes 45 per cent of deaths of under-fi ve chi ldren
Malnutrition is responsible for nearly 45 per cent of deaths in children under-five, according to new research
report published on maternal and child nutrition. The research shows that malnutrition is responsible for
around 3.1 million deaths in children under five annually. Results estimate that stunting (reduced growth)
affected at least 165 million children worldwide in 2011 while at least 52 million children were affected by
wasting (low weight for height), and 100 million children were underweight. Over 90 per cent of these were in
Asia or Africa, with Africa the only major world region where the number of children with stunting increased. A
study based on a survey of the height and weight of more than one lakh children across six States in India in
2012 had found that as many as 42 per cent of under-fives were severely or moderately underweight and
that 59 per cent of them suffered from moderate to severe stunting.

Award for writer Anupama Prasad
Noted writer Anupama Prasad was conferred the Dr. Besagarahalli Ramanna Prathishtanas annual award
(2012) for her collection of Kannada stories 'Dooratheera'. A committee, headed by critic Ramalingappa T.
Beguru, has selected the book for the award. The award carries a purse of 25,000 and a citation.

Muslim marriage i s a civil contract, rules high court
Uncoupling the institution of marriage from sacred or religious connotations conveniently used to deny
women their due, the Kerala high court has ruled that Muslim marriage is primarily a civil contract to legalize
sexual intercourse. In the same vein, the court held that denying a woman her conjugal rights for an
extended period amounts to "cruelty''. The ruling by a division bench comprising justices Pius C Kuriakose
and PD Rajan was in response to an appeal by Sanjan S of Alappuzha against a family court's decision to
grant divorce to his wife on the ground that she was denied sex by him for over three years. The profound
implications of the March 21st ruling are only beginning to sink into public consciousness.

International:

Abdul Malik Baloch is new Balochi stan CM
Abdul Malik Baloch formally took over as the new Chief Minister of restive Balochistan as violence continued
to plague Pakistan's largest province. The Balochistan Assembly elected National Party (NP) chief Malik
Baloch as CM on a day when police found five bullet-riddled bodies in different parts of the province. Baloch
took oath after he was elected unopposed as CM.

Indonesi a gifts U.S. a Saraswati statue
Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, has gifted an imposing 16-foot-high
statue of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of education and wisdom, to the American capital city of Washington
DC. Devi Saraswati is one of the Goddesses in Hinduism, the primarily practised religion among Balinese
people in Indonesia, which itself is the worlds biggest Muslim-majority country. The 4.9-metre-tall statue built
by five native Balinese sculptors led by I. Nyoman Sudarwa. This steel structure was divided into three parts:
upper body, lower body and base with a lotus and a white goose. The hands of the Goddess hold an
'aksamala' (prayer beads) symbolising the eternal process of learning; a 'veena' (a string instrument)
symbolising arts and culture; and a 'lontar' (manuscript) symbolising the source of knowledge.

New York City chef names new dish on Indian-Ameri can spelling bee winner
A popular New York restaurant has unveiled in its menu a new dish Arvind mini knaidel named after the 2013
National Spelling Bee winner Arvind Mahankali. Indian-American student Arvind won first place in Scripps
National Spelling Bee competition by correctly spelling the word knaidel the German derived Yiddish word for
matzo ball, a small mass of leavened dough that's a kosher delicacy. This was announced today at an event
here organised by US Congresswoman Grace Meng to commemorate the victory of Arvind, who resides in
her constituency in Queens's borough of New York, at Bens Best Kosher Deli in Rego Park, Queens.




Page 2 of 3
10
th
June 2013


Qatar has highest densi ty of mi llionaires
Qatar has the highest density of millionaires in the world, with 14.3% of the oil-rich Gulf nation's population
holding private wealth of at least $1 million. The figure shows 143 out of every 1,000 households in Qatar
holding private wealth of at least $1 million, much higher than the global average. Kuwait ranks third with
11.5%, while Bahrain (4.9%) and the UAE (4.0%) rank seventh and ninth, respectively, the Boston
Consulting Group's (BCG) 13th annual global wealth management report says. Qatar ranks fourth in the
world, with 8 out of 100,000 households falling into this category. Kuwait ranks seventh and UAE comes in
fifteenth with 7 and 3 households per 100,000 in this segment, respectively.

US poet laureate Natasha Trethewey reappointed
US poet laureate Natasha Trethewey has been appointed to a second one-year term. The Library of
Congress was set to announce Trethewey's reappointment. The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet met with
members of the public over the past year and published a poetry collection in the fall. Her next term begins in
September. The 47-year-old Trethewey is also poet laureate in her native Mississippi, where she is serving a
four-year term. She won a Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for her collection "Native Guard."

Indian widow can get back war medal by paying Rs 10 lakh
An 80-year-old Indian woman is close to getting back her husband's gallantry medal from England. But it will
come at a hefty price. The high court in London has ordered that Kirpa Ram's George Cross be given back to
his widow Brahmi Devi, who now lives in Himachal Pradesh. But the woman, who lives in dire poverty in
Bilaspur district, will have to shell out 12,000 or Rs 10 lakh to get it. Ram was given the medal by the British
government for throwing himself in harm's way to protect his fellow soldiers when serving in the British Indian
army. She was married for only a few days to him, a volunteer in the 13th Frontier Rifles when he was killed
in September 1945. . The medal for "conspicuous gallantry" was awarded posthumously.

Business & Economy:

Sebi shifts focus to PSUs on minimum holding norms
After cracking its whip on 105 private sector companies that failed to meet minimum public holding norms,
market regulator Sebi has turned its focus to about a dozen PSUs that need to comply with these regulations
in next 60 days with sale of shares worth about Rs 3,600 crore.

MoEF rejects HPCL's Vizag refinery expansion plan
In a setback to the state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL), the Ministry of Environment and
Forests has rejected 'green' clearance for the petroleum major's expansion of Vishakh Refinery. The MoEF
has rejected the clearance as there is a moratorium on industrial expansions in some parts of
Visakhapatnam, where the company proposed expansion. HPCL had approached the Environment Ministry
seeking clearance for the expansion of its refinery from 8.33 MMTPA to 15.00 MMTPA at Visakhapatnam
District in Andhra Pradesh. The project which was scheduled to take off in 2013 could not move forward for
several reasons like environmental issues and partnership with others. HPCL currently operates 2 major
refineries producing a wide variety of petroleum fuels and specialities, one in Mumbai (West Coast) of 6.5
million metric tonne per annum (MMTPA) capacity and the other in Vishakhapatnam, (East Coast) with a
capacity of 8.3 MMTPA.

E-tailing to touch $76 billi on by 2021 in Indi a
The total size of the business of selling retail goods on the Internet, commonly known as e-tailing, is set to
touch USD 76 billion mark by 2021 in the country, according to a study by Technopak. E-tailing, which is
around 6 percent of the total e- commerce, is estimated to be around USD 0.6 billion in 2012. The total e-
commerce business in India, including other products and services such as travel and financial services, is
estimated to be USD 10 billion in 2012. The study estimates that by 2020, 150 million users will have either a
laptop or a personal computer.









Page 3 of 3
10
th
June 2013


Sport:

Rafael Nadal win record eighth French Open title
Rafael Nadal defied David Ferrer as well as a worrying security breach to become the first man to capture
the same Grand Slam title eight times with victory in the French Open final. Nadal claimed his 12th Major
with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 win over his Spanish compatriot, who was playing in his first Grand Slam final at the age
of 31 and at the 42nd time of asking. It also gave Nadal his 59th win out of 60 matches played in Paris.

Indians l ift mi xed doubles crown
The Indian duo of K. Nandagopal and K. Maneesha clinched the Li-Ning Maldives international badminton
challenge mixed doubles title after registering a straight-game victory over Dae Sung Kim and Bo Kyung Oh
of Korea in Male.

Saketh Myneni wins another title
Saketh Myneni outclassed Masato Shiga of J apan 6-0, 6-1, in the final of the $10,000 ITF mens Futures
tennis tournament in Tumon, Guam. It was the fourth singles title of the season for Saketh, and ninth career
singles title.

Record 14th titl e for Bryan brothers
Top-ranked American twins Bob and Mike Bryan won their record 14th major doubles title by defeating
Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut of France 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(4) in the French Open mens doubles final. In the
tie-breaker, the Bryan brothers rallied from 4-2 down to clinch the victory when Mahut sent a forehand wide.
The Bryans won their only other French Open in 2003. They lost in the final in 2005, 2006 and 2012. Llodra
and Mahut were bidding to become the first Frenchmen to win the doubles since Yannick Noah and Henri
Leconte in 1984.

Seven medal s for Indian j uniors in Germany
The Indian juniors won seven medals including two gold in the International shooting competition that
concluded in Suhl, Germany. The Indian girls, Malaika Goel (382), Shri Nivetha (381) and Shreya Gawande
(380) shot the best scores in qualification, but had to settle for the third, fourth and sixth spots respectively
after the final.

Srikanth wins Thai land Open
K Srikanth became the latest badminton sensation to emerge from India as he lifted his maiden men's
singles title with a stunning straight-game triumph over top-seeded local favourite Boonsak Ponsana at the
Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold in Bangkok. The 20-year-old from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh beat world
number eight Ponsana 21-16 21-12 in a 34-minute match to script the biggest win of his still nascent career.

Engli sh wins first PGA Tour title in Memphis
Harris English fired back-to-back birdies at 16 and 17 en route to a final-round 69 and a two-stroke victory in
the US PGA Tour's $5.7 million St. J ude Classic. English captured his first PGA Tour title with a 12-under-par
total of 268 after four rounds on the par-70 TPC Southwind course. He held off four-time major champion Phil
Mickelson, who carded a 67 to share second place with Scott Stallings on 270.