The top stories of this week are :-
1.Now, Pak Army Man in Mumbai terror plot – Oh my God, what a surprise. It seems that the investigation has taken quite an unexpected turn of events. The government was expecting only Pakistan civilians to be involved in the attack.
2.Pope says stop homosexuality, save world – A rally is being organized in protest of this statement by parents saying - How about cleaning your own house first?
3.Antulay backtracks. The government hopes the issue is cleared. Antulay says “I had raised an issue and it has been answered.” – The government is worried about other issues Antulay might raise. It is rumoured that he might be planning to raise the issue of Hindu terrorists involved in the recent blasts in Afghanistan.
4.The shoes thrown on Bush bring employment to 100 people. Their demand in America has gone up drastically – Wonder what the conversation is these days in parties in America. One says “ See, these are the shoes with which an Iranian had beaten Bush”. The other says “ Oh really, see mine. These are the shoes with which Bush’s wife had beaten him”
5.Iran police closes down the office of Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace Prize Winner) – Putting Nobel Prize in perspective. When interviewed, the Iranian police said “ What is a Nobel Prize?”
6.Two youth caught stealing mobile phones – It has officially been confirmed that stealing mobile phones has taken over the chain snatching as the favorite past time of Indian youth.
7.Wine makers meet with government to discuss lowering excise duty – The government says it’s against the Gandhian principles. We should try and make the wine we produce so good that it can compete with French wines.
8.Soren’s assets double in 4 years – It has not been mentioned that they have become 10 times if wife of his property and son are included. Soren is thinking of doing a bachelor’s degree in Economics but he doesn’t want to go to the lower classes first.
9.Law passed. 5 years for people transmitting and publishing obscene material – People are asking what happens if somebody transmits it to you, you see it and then hand it back. Does the sentence still stand? The law needs to be clearly defined.
10.Miss Teen Carolina USA South Carolina’s answer is been mocked by Jimmy Kimmel and others – According to one of the judges, the point which we are forgetting is that she is also out of the same schools they are talking about. He says he has always hated this question answer part. You can put in another bathrobe sequence by replacing this, can’t u? Fair enough, we say.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Weekly News - 2
Sunday, October 19, 2008
News Round Up
Here is some remaining updates on the news of this week :-
The laid off Jets workers are protesting outside Jet's Mumbai office demanding re-instainment with immediate effect.
It has been heard that the number of protesting employees went up from 600 to 1300 once the media started showing images of this protest on television. The laid off employees have been turning in for this event in their best clothes. In fact after seeing the protest on TV, some fashion agencies have secretly sent their agents in this protest to scour for models who can perform in their upcoming fashion show.
The government has announced a waiver of Rs 25k crores for the farmers- It is hoped that out of this at least Rs 2k crores will reach the farmers for whom this waiver is actually meant. The figure of 25k was reached after adding 15% of the proposed package for federal agencies, 25% for the state agencies and 25% for the district authorities.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Weekly News
Welcome to the weekly news. Here we provide a round-up of all the events happening around the world. This week's top stories are:-
Saurav Ganguly finally decides to retire. He played in the Indian team as a performing captain for two years and then as a non-performing captain for four years. After being removed from captaincy, he again played for three years. During this period, he performed well but was kicked out of the team on several occasions for the feats he performed as a non-performing captain. Thus, fed up of being tossed around like a football, he took the final step.
The N-deal goes through. BJP who had been opposing it in the parliament claims it as a big success and credits Atal Bihari Vajpayee for having the vision of starting work on this treaty during his term.
Paul Krugman gets the Nobel prize. Paul has been one of the biggest critics of Bush’s economic policy.There are allegations on nobel committee that it is trying to attribute the economy’s crash to Bush policies. Mr Bush says he is not concerned.
His concern is only with the Nobel Peace Prize committee.
MacCain dares Obama for final debate. Mr McCain has reminded people that he is the candidate. For the past few days, Internet and people’s Google Readers had been flooded with posts about Palin to such an extent that people had forgotten that she is MacCain’s running aide and they will have to vote for him in the elections.
Narender Modi says make voting compulsory. He is going to force people out of their homes on election days and fine them if they don’t come to vote.
Indian sailor free by pirates, heads home. The Indian Statistics Bureau has confirmed that everytime an Indian is in trouble overseas, there is 75% probability that he is from the state of Kerala.
Congress ex-minister joins BJP in MP. He is the sixth person to defect in this month and the 150th ovverall since BJP has come into power.
Vinod Kambli turns into a dancer. This is the reason why you should make your son a cricketer. In case he is kicked out of the team, he will still have a lot of career options – open a resturant, host a talk show, become an actor or a dancer, become a part of the expert panel of Aaj Tak etc etc.
Times of India has launched a new section called Graffiti in their sports pages.It looks like an assortment of the cover pages of the Cosmopolitan magazine. And the motto of the newspaper says “Because you deserve to know”
Nanavati Commision is finally bringing its report out. It had taken four years to prepare its report. After that, the High Court had stayed the Commission from bringing out its report for another two years. Finally the report is coming out. The committee is being lauded for bringing its report in just 6 years when the average time is 10 years.
IIT faculty quota to be implemented. This step has been taken to bring the downtrodden committees at par with the higher ones. It is also being thought that reservation should also be implemented in books. Of all the books being taught at IIT, 27% should be wriiten by SC’s and OBC’s
Suicide blast at Pakistan MP’s house kill 12 – We, Indians will like to sincerely express our deep sorrow at this incident. This incident cannot be justified and the prepators of this attack should be brought to justice immediately.
