1. India's Leander Paes with his Swiss partner Martina Hingis won the US
Open mixed doubles title in New York. They became the first team since
1969 to win three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in the same season at
the US Open. The fourth seeds defeated non-seeded American duo Sam
Querrey and Bethanien Mattek-Sands 6-4, 3-6 (10-7) in the finals of
mixed doubles.
2. Renowned Hindi writer Uday Prakash has returned his Sahitya Akademi
Award as protest against the recent killing of Kannada litterateur M.M.
Kalburgi, and in disapproval of the national literary body's deafening
silence over the assaults on writers. The 63-year-old writer had
received the award in 2010 for his creation 'Mohandas'.
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3. Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to submit State
Annual Action Plan under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban
Transformation (AMRUT) targeting universal coverage in respect of water
supply connections and sewerage connections to all urban households in
the state. The State Government has proposed projects under these two
categories worth Rs.1,087 cr for approval by the Union Urban Development
Ministry during the current financial year. Under the State Annual
Action Plan, AMRUT projects are proposed to be taken up in 13 of the 28
AMRUT cities in Rajasthan.
4. Qatar's emir has appointed an ambassador to Iraq, the first since the
embassy was closed 25 years ago, in the latest sign of a thaw in
relations between Gulf Arab countries and Iraq. The Emir of Qatar Sheikh
Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani had issued a decree appointing Zayed
al-Khayareen as Qatar's ambassador to Iraq.
5. The UN General Assembly gave its overwhelming approval to a
Palestinian resolution which permits the flag of Palestine to fly at the
UN Headquarters in New York, despite this country not being a member of
the UN. There were 119 votes in favour out of 193 UN members while the
United States and Israel were among eight countries that voted against
the Palestinian-drafted resolution. Palestine described this as a major
step toward full UN membership. Most of the 28-nation European Union
were among the 45 nations that abstained from voting.
6. The First Minister of Northern Ireland resigned. Peter Robinson
stepped aside and pulled ministers out of the government – plunging the
province back into political crisis. The mass walk-out was sparked by
the murder of ex-IRA man Kevin McGuigan in Belfast last month.
7. India and Australia began their first bilateral naval exercise that
will focus on anti-submarine warfare as the two countries look at
deepening defence cooperation especially in the Indian Ocean.
AUSINDEX-15 is being conducted off the east coast of India from
September 11-19.
8. World football governing body FIFA has appointed Uganda's Moses
Magogo on the committee for security and integrity. Ahmed Hussein,
spokesman of Uganda's football governing body received a communication
from the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) about
the appointment. Magogo is also a member of Confederation of African
Football Inter-clubs competitions committee.
9. India Test captain Virat Kohli recently acquired stake in UAE Royals,
a franchisee team of Indian Premier Tennis League (IPTL) to become a
co-owner of it. Virat Kohli became a co-owner of UAE Royals, which is
one of the five franchisee teams of the Mahesh Bhupathi promoted IPTL.
UAE Royals will be led by Swiss great Roger Federer.
10. China has build the world's longest solar park in Pakistan. Pakistan
will get about 100 MW electricity with the help of this solar park.
China has installed around 400,000 solar panels to build the world's
longest Solar Park. The park is being installed on 200 hectares.
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