Obama visit to india

US President Barack Obama on Saturday announced that "several landmark" deals worth $10 billion (nearly Rs 44,000 crore) have been reached between the two countries for creating about 50,000 jobs in the US.

Beginning his three-day maiden visit to India by paying homage to the victims of 26/11 attacks, he said he was looking forward to deepening partnership in counter-terrorism during his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Describing his visit to India as an "extraordinary honour", he said he wanted to tell the people of India "how much we are looking forward to spending the next three days in this remarkable country and deepening the partnership between the two countries."

Arjuna Award 2010 given

Former Indian hockey skipper Sandeep Singh and women's cricket captain Jhulan Goswami were among the 15 sportspersons who received the Arjuna Award from President Pratibha Patil at a glittering ceremony in New Delhi on Sunday.

Boxer Dinesh Kumar, swimmer Rehan Poncha, world's second youngest Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi and Olympian wrestler Rajiv Tomar also received the Arjuna award for their achievements in the last one year.

Badminton ace Saina Nehwal received Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.

List of the awardees:

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award: Saina Nehwal (Badminton).

Arjuna Awards:

Joseph Abraham, Krishna Poonia (both Athletics), Dinesh Kumar (Boxing), Parimrajan Negi (Chess), Julan Goswami (Women's Cricket), Deepak Kumar Mandal (Football), Sandeep Singh (Men's Hockey), Jasjeet Kaur Handa (Women's Hockey), Dinesh Kumar (Kabaddi), Sanjeev Rajput (Shooting), Rehan Jehangir Poncha (Swimming), Kapil Dev KJ (Volleyball), Rajeev Tomar (Wrestling), Rajesh Chaudhary (Yachting), Jagseer Singh (Para- Olympics athletics).

Dhyan Chand Awards:

Satish Pillai (Athletics), Kuldeep Singh (Wrestling), Anita Chanu (Weightlifting).

Dronacharya Awards:

A K Kutty (Athletics), Subhash B Aggarwal (Billiards and Snooker), L Ibomcha Singh (Boxing), Ajay Kumar Bansal (Hockey), Captain Chandrup (Wrestling).

CWG 2010 theme song Swagatham launched

The Commonwealth Games theme song "Swagatham" has been launched by Oscar winning music director A R Rahman on saturday at a glittering ceremony at Gurgaon near New Delhi.

Rahman sung the song in front of a gathering which included Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, her Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda and CWG Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi.

The hour-long launch function also saw some enthralling dance performance by 'Sadya' group followed by another Gypsy group dance show by the artists from Shiamak Davar Institute of Performing Arts.

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Tejaswani Sawant wins historic gold at World Championships

Tejaswini Sawant scripted history on Sunday by winning a gold medal at the World Championships with a world-record equalling score in the 50m Rifle Prone event in Munich, Germany. Tejaswini became the first Indian woman shooter to win a gold at the World Championships.

The 29-year-old, who clinched gold medals in the Commonwealth Games Air Rifle event, was level with Poland's Ewa Joanna Nowakowska in the final score but managed to clinch the top honours with a better perfect score tally of 41.

Olga Dovgun of Kazakhstan won the bronze with a sore of 596.

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Julia Roberts Hinduism comes to the fore front

Oscar-winning Hollywood actress Julia Roberts has converted to Hinduism. She has started visiting temples, chanting and following Hindu spiritualistic rules despite being from Georgia which is considered to be the part of the bible belt of America and her parents being a catholic and a Baptist. The enchanting damsel claims that now is a actively participating Hindu follower which is later confirmed to the Elle magazine for its coming September issue.

Daniel Moder’s wife, Julia Roberts, tells that she and her husband still go Indian temples to pray. Even her kids have been going to temples regularly.

Julia was born to a Baptist and catholic parents. Julia married Daniel Moder in 2002.

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Indian Rupee gets symbol

The Union cabinet today gave the rupee a new symbol — only the fifth currency in the world to acquire a distinctive identity.

Jammu University Results 2010

Jammu University has declared the B.A / B.Sc / B.Com /B.B.A /B.C.A (Part I) Examination 2010 Results and MBA 3rd Semester Examination Results 2010. Jammu University Results announced on the official website at http://www.jammuuniversity.in/

Spain beat Netherlands to win historic World Cup

Spain won the FIFA World Cup 2010. They beat Netherlands by 1-0 at Soccer City in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Paul the psychic octopus right again!

Two year-old octopus Paul, the so-called "octopus oracle" predicts Spain's victory in their 2010 World Cup semi-final soccer match against Germany by choosing a mussel, from a glass box decorated with the Spanish national flag instead of a glass box with the German flag, at the Sea Life Aquarium in the western German city of Oberhausen July 6, 2010.

Prakash Raj to wed Pony Verma on Aug 24

The renowned kannada-telugu actor producer Prakash Raj, who will take on the wedding vows with Pony Varma on 24th August. He first graced the Hindi screens in Boney Kapoor’s ‘Shakti – The Power’, but one would best relate to his villain role in Salman Khan starrer ‘Wanted’.

Lady Gaga sets record with 10m fans in Facebook

Pop star Lady Gaga the first living person who has the highest fans on social networking site Facebook. Gaga now has 10 million fans on Facebook.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Engagement with Sakshi Rawat

The 28-year-old wicket-keeper batsman and Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni got engaged to childhood friend Sakshi Singh Rawat , a 23-year-old hotel management student, at a private ceremony at a farmhouse about 40km from Dehradun on Sunday.

Germany beat Argentina 4-0 in FIFA World Cup quarter-final

Thomas Mueller's goal at 3rd mimute of 1st half has given Germany a 1-0 lead over Argentina of their World Cup quarter-final match on Saturday.

Kareena Kapoor Launches www.Kareenakapoor.Me website

Good news for Kareena Kapoor fans. She has launched her official website Kareenakapoor.Me. The website is not yet properly designed. Now you can see a welcome message on her official website “Welcome to www.kareenakapoor.me This is my official web presence. Thanks for dropping in.”

India's biggest Airport Terminal inaugurated at New Delhi

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh inaugurated country's biggest Airport Terminal IGI-3 in New Delhi on Saturday. The new terminal or Terminal 3 (T3), said to be the sixth largest in the world.

Ambedkar University BA Hons Admission 2010

Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) invites application for admission into the following disciplines of BA (Hons) programme for the session 2010.

Favourites Brazil crashed out from World Cup Football

Netherlands reach the World Cup semi finals. They beat 10—man Brazil by 2—1 at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Friday.