1. China Saturday successfully launched three satellites for scientific experiments, authorities said. The Chuangxin-3, Shiyan-7 and Shijian-15 satellites were boosted by a Long March-4C carrier rocket, according to the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi province.
2. The Group of 20 nations put growth ahead of austerity as it seeks to rebalance a multi-speed global economy, pledging to shift policy carefully so that recovery is not derailed by volatile financial markets. Finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Moscow on Saturday will put the finishing touches to a joint communique that delegates said was not changed after they met for dinner on Friday night.
3. Leading automaker Nissan India has entered into a 10-year agreement with Ennore Port Ltd for export of its vehicles. Ennore Port CMD M A Bhaskarachar and Kenichiro Yomura, President of Nissan’s India operations and MD and CEO of Nissan Motor India pvt Ltd, signed the agreement in the presence of Union Shipping Minister G K Vasan.
4. India has emerged as the second largest investor in the city of London with Indian companies led by software major Infosys wooed by the investment fervour generated by the 2012 Olympic Games in the British capital.
5. President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Nagaland Governor Dr. Ashwani kumar as Governor of Manipur, (with additional charge) when the incumbent, Gurbachan Jagat, Governor of Manipur, completes his tenure.
6. Khurshed Alam Khan, a former Union Minister and father of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, died on Saturday at the age of 95.
7. American swimmer Haley Anderson won the 5km open water race on Saturday to take the first gold medal of the swimming world championships.Anderson edged Poliana Okimoto of Brazil in a sprint finish in the city’s harbour.
8. Tiger Woods will start the British Open golf Championship on Saturday perfectly placed to mount a strong challenge for his 15th major title. The world number one trails overnight leader Miguel Angel Jimenez by one shot after battling his way to a level-par 71 on Friday to finish on two under, one behind Spaniard Jimenez.
9. Trinidad and Tobago`s Jehue Gordon won the men’s 400 metres hurdles at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League Herculis meeting here.
10. Sports Ministry has recommended hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand’s name for India’s highest civillian honour — the Bharat Ratna.
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