1. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize
for 2015 is to be awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, a
coalition of four institutions, for its decisive contribution to the
building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the
‘Jasmine Revolution’ of 2011.
2. The Seychelles Ministry of Tourism and Culture appointed Indian
composer A.R. Rahman as Cultural Ambassador for Seychelles in
appreciation for the invaluable services contributed to enhance
Seychelles’s Art and Cultural development.
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3. Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman will be honoured with the
Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award in Mumbai on October 26. Filmmaker Subhash
Ghai will present the fifth Hridaynath Award to Rahman.
4. ICICI Bank launched a mobile payment service 'mVisa'. The service
enables customers to make electronic payments from their smart phones at
traditional stores, e-commerce sites, deliveries made at home, radio
taxi and utility bills among others without swiping a debit card. The
service is based on 'mVisa', a new mobile payment solution from Visa.
ICICI Bank is the first bank globally to launch a mobile app based on
'mVisa' solution for consumers and merchants.
5. Families from India hold 14 spots in Forbes Asia’s ranking of the
Asia’s 50 richest families with the Ambani family third on the list with
a combined fortune of $21.5 billion. India’s Premji is seventh on the
list followed by Hinduja on ninth spot and Mistry ranked tenth.
According to the Forbes list four India billionaire families found place
in the top ten richest families. South Korea’s Lee family, which
controls the formidable Samsung conglomerate, topped an inaugural list
of Asia’s 50 richest families by Forbes Asia magazine with a net worth
of $26.6 billion.
6. Drug maker Cipla announced that its South African subsidiary Cipla
Medpro (Pvt.) Ltd. has entered into an exclusive agreement with Serum
Institute of India (SII). The two organizations have partnered to
provide vaccines in South Africa. The partnership will enable affordable
and accessible vaccines for South Africans as well as will facilitate a
reliable supply stream to the South African Government.
7. Swimming world champion of China Ning Zetao claimed two gold medals
at the sixth Military World Games in South Korea. Ning won gold medal in
50m freestyle event. He also led the Chinese team to win the 4x200m
freestyle relay title.
8. Nualgi, an Indian company with wholly Indian technology in the field
of nano biotechnology has won a prestigious award at the Climate CoLab
of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge.
9. To protect the endangered Gangetic river dolphins country’s first
community reserve for the mammal will soon be established in West
Bengal.
10. Indian-American social entrepreneur Bhagwati Agrawal has made his way
into the CNN’s Top Ten Heroes of 2015, for creating a rainwater
harvesting system that now provides life-changing, safe drinking water
across six villages in Rajasthan. Each will receive US $10,000 and be
recognised as "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute".
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