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US PGA at Torrey Pines: Tiger Woods captures his 75th career title winning the US PGA event at Torrey Pines. Woods won the title at the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines and has also won the PGA event staged at Torrey Pines seven times. No other PGA player has won so many times on a single course.  His victory at Torrey Pines has brought him closer to the all-time record of 82 set by Sam Snead.

• Book “The Sanjay Story” is written by Vinod Mehta. The author is editorial chairman of Outlook Group and a former editor-in-chief of the magazine. 
  
  
• Book “Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Germany” is written by Netaji’s daughter Prof Anita B Pfaff. The book is a collection of the records shared by Professor Anita Pfaff as well as other known biographers and writers.

Eminent scientists and Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, Lalji Singh has been selected for the prestigious Y Nayudamma Memorial Award for the year 2012. Lalji Singh has been chosen for the award for his outstanding contribution to life sciences and in recognition of his efforts to establish DNA fingerprinting as a tool for both fundamental research and commercial and societal applications. The award also recognises his tireless efforts in establishing DNA fingerprinting as a tool of both fundamental research and crime detection.

The award was instituted by the Y. Nayudamma Memorial Trust, Tenali (Andhra Pradesh) in 1986 to commemorate distinguished scientist and renowned leather technologist Y. Nayudamma. 

Olympic fencer and movie sword master Bob Anderson appeared in some of film’s most famous dueling scenes – died at the age of 89; donned Darth Vader’s black helmet and fought light saber battles in two of the three original ‘Star Wars’ films, ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ and ‘Return of the Jedi’ . As a competitive fencer, Mr Anderson also represented Great Britain in the 1952 Olympic Games and the World Championships in 1950 and 1953 in the sabre event.

on women in trousers

A 200 year old law forbidding women to wear trousers in Paris has finally been revoked. The decision was announced by France’s Minister of women’s rights, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, revoking the 200 year old that forbids Parisian women wearing trousers in public. Najat Vallaud-Belkacem declared that the ban, imposed in 1800, has become incompatible with modern French values. It should here be noted that the 1800 law, which required women to ask police for permission to wear trousers, had earlier been amended twice – allowing women to slip into their slacks only if they were on the back of a horse (1892) or a bicycle (1909).

Book “Digital Cool: Life in the Age of New Media” is written by Pramod K. Nayar.

You email your report, check the position of your stocks, play your favourite Rahman, and upload new patches for your favourite simulation game-all using the same three-inch-by-five device that fits into your palm. You chat, share, play and blog, even check for directions to the new Italian restaurant in town online. Everyday life is now digital.

Digital Cool examines life in the age of New Media. From Facebook to Internet dating, tablets to Twitter, cyber avatars to Wikis-it tells the story of how human lives today are heavily mediated by 'cool' technologies, and how the technologies themselves are mediated by our ways of living, playing, working.

Narendra Kohli, 73 year-old eminent Hindi litterateur, has been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman for 2012 for his historical novel ‘Na Bhooto Na Bhavishyati’. The book was published in 2004. The book is based on the era of Vivekananda and his impression on the history and culture of the country. Kohli is credited with re-inventing the ancient form of epic writing in modern prose. He has published 76 books including short story collections, novels and plays.

This award was established by the K. K. Birla Foundation in 1991, the award is given annually for an outstanding literary work in Hindi published during the past ten years. The award carries a cash purse of Rs 2.5 lakh.

India has always pursued a foreign policy that is purposeful, result-oriented and pro-active. This has been the hallmark of our sixty years as a democratic state. India today enjoys an inimitable profile in the international arena as a factor of steadiness, a model of plural and secular democracy, and an economic powerhouse that is destined to play a greater role in the international affairs. After successfully implementing a “Look East” policy to promote trade and investment with its Asian neighbors, India has adopted a similar policy toward West Asia. The UPA Government has launched the “Look West” policy, in recognition of the facts that “the Gulf region has become a major economic partner, “is a home to over 6 million Indians and “a major source of oil and gas.
This has resulted in increased interaction, enhanced trade and economic relations and launch of negotiations towards FTA with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The Government is keen to cooperate with the Gulf countries in the promotion of peace and stability in the region. It has appointed a Special Envoy for the Gulf and West Asia.

This region shares a long historical association with India. It is the source for India’s ever expanding needs of energy. It is also huge markets for Indian goods, services and skilled manpower.