1. Presidents of Rwanda (Paul Kagame) and South Korea (Park Geun-hye) together with Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim have been honoured with the World Telecommunication and Information Society (WTIS) Award 2014
2. Darbhanga (Bihar) Nurse ‘Martha Dodray’ adds another feather in her cap by winning the National Florence Nightingale Award 2014 for her extraordinary work in eradicating polio in the country.
3. India successfully test-fired its 1st indigenous air-to-air missile ‘Astra’ from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet.
4. The French retail giant Carrefour, world’s 2nd largest, decides to shut shops in India a midst hostile political prospect for foreign retail outlets in the country.
5. Indo-Zimbabwean pair of Sania Mirza and Cara Black grab the women’s doubles crown at the Portugal Open.
6. Indian cueist Kamal Chawla settles for a bronze medal having lost to Chuan Leong Thor (Malaysia) in semifinal of the Asian Snooker Championship held at Al Fujairah (UAE).
