OCT 29,2014

• Maradona withdraws theft complaint against girlfriend.
• World's Children's Prize for Malala Yousafzai.
• 627 Indians holding black money account holders in  abroad.
• A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal handed death penalty to Jamaat-e--Islami Chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for crimes,which include the killing of national's leading intellectuals during the country's War of Liberation in 1971.
• Centre relaxes FDI rules in construction sector.The minimum built-up area requirement has been reduced  from 50,000 to 20,000 sq.meters.this meeting chaired by PM & FM.
• Tendulkar in Bradman Hall of Fame.
• JSW-PSA(squash)----Men Winner:Harinder Pal Sandhu.Women Winner:Dipika Pallikal
• The world-famous annual cattle fair will begin at Pushkar town near Ajmer from October 31.
• The Supreme Court referred to it the responsibility to monitor and inspect induatrial units along the Ganga and even cut off water and power  connection if the units are found to be polluting the river.It is a 3 Judge Bench led by Justice T.S.Thakur.
• ISRO calls for 2nd mission i.e., wish or dream, a Mars-2 mission to land on the red planet by 2018.
• India 3rd largest start-up ecosystem in world says National Association of Software and Service Companies(Nasscom) next to U.S and U.k
• White House computer network were breached by hackers, resulting temporary disruption to some services with the Russian govt thought behind the intrusion.
• GSAT-6, the advanced communication satellite that got ISRO's arm Antrix corporation embroiled in a controversy with erstwhile partner Devas Multimedia P Ltd in 2011, is slated for a March 2015 launch.
• 7new from species reported from Western Ghats and Sri lanka.Six of seven species of the Golden-backed.
• Swedish industrial group Sandivik is planning to set up a world-cladd manufacturing at Chakan near pune.In the 1st tranche ,the company will invest $45 million to start development of the site by 2015
• U.K. based security solution provider Oncam Grandeye made a foray into the Indian market with the launch of its products, including a 360-degree camera solution.
• Korean handset maker Samsung said its galaxy range of devices based on KNOX platform had been approved by the U.S. govt to handle the full range of classified information.
• Star India introduced a new transparent tariff structure with cable platform.
• Air Costa enters into Memorandum of Understanding with Vietnam based air line VietJet.
•  Mercedes benz India has launched the GLA45 AMG $MATIC SUV.Price Rs.69.60 lakh.
• Hero Electric launched two new e-cycle-Avior AFX and Aior AMX-priced at Rs.8,990 and Rs.19290.It is powered with 6 gears and Maximum riding speed of 25Km/hr.
• Moody's investors service said its outlook on India's banking system was negative reflecting its view that high leverage in the corporate sector could prevent any meaningful recovery asset quality over next 12-18 months.
• India to sign oil, gas Memorandum of Understanding with Mozambique.
• Germany luxury car makers Audi recalls 382 units of SUV Q7.
• Anti-gay law upheld in Singapore.The court dismissed a constitutional challenge against an archaic law criminalizing sex between men, striking fresh blow to the city'-state's growing gay-rights movement.
• Zambia's President Micheal sata is dead.His nickname was "King Cobra"for his sharp tongue and manner.
• Two of every three persons incarcerated in India have not yet been convicted of any crime, and Muslims are over-represented among such undertrials.
• A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh member from Madhya Pradesh has accused the IITs of giving "Kusanskar"or "bad culture"of the West to students through food".It is 'Tamsic' refers to food like meat, onion, garlic and alcohol which are considered dullness-including in Hindu scriptures.

Source : THE HINDU