Pratibha Devisingh Patil was declared elected the 12th President of India. On July 25, she will become the first woman to head the Indian Republic.As a candidate of the United Progressive Alliance and the Left parties, Ms. Patil secured 65.82 per cent of the total votes cast, while the NDA-supported Shekhawat polled 33.18 per cent.
The Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cleared a Rs. 10,000-crore joint venture with Israel to strengthen its defences against aerial attacks.
The Cabinet empowered Union Ministers to approve hike in the retirement age of employees from 58 to 60 in public sector enterprises, subject to certain condition.
The New England summit between Presidents George Bush and Vladimir Putin ended without a significant breakthrough on the divisive issues that have brought relations between the two to the lowest point since the Cold War.
North Korea has announced the shutdown of its nuclear complex at Yongbyon, suspected to be the nerve centre for atomic arms production. With this, the stage is set for a technical “verification” by the inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), who are already in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) under the terms of a multilateral accord.
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Brazil defeated Argentina 3-0 to lift 2007 Copa America cup (football) held in was held in Venezuela. Mexico and Uruguay finished third and fourth respectively. The next tournament will be held in 2011 in Argentina
Argentina won the The FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Canada defeating Czech Republic 2-1. Chile and austria took the thrid and fourth place respectively. Sergio Aguero who scored six goals awarded the golden ball.
The Supreme Court refused to restrain MPs/MLAs convicted and serving their sentence in jail from voting in Presidential elections.
The acting Chairman and Managing Director of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), R.S. Sharma was appointed as CMD of the organisation.
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Source : thehindu.com
