Tit-Bits September 2010

The 11th World Firefighters Games 2010 were held in DAEGU in South Korea. India's Ms Meenakshi Vijayakumar, Divisional Officer of Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services has won a Gold Medal. This was the first time that an Indian won a gold medal in the Games for fire fighters.

Pubjabi pop singer Gurdas Maan is selcetd to be honoured with a Doctorate in World Music from the University of Wolverhampton in United Kingdom

China has developed a "super online banking system" that would allow customers to access any number of accounts through a single website.

India's Pallava Bagla has won the American Geophysical Union (AGU) David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism for his articles on the impact of climate change on Himalayan glaciers.

A commemorative ` 5 postage stamp on Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the late Andhra Pradesh chief minister, was released on the occasion of his first death anniversary.

Recently J.V.V. Satyanarayana Murthy, a civil judge of Guntur (in Andhra Pradesh) created news by deciding 111 cases on a single day. Now another Judge, A.K. Shori, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Kaithal, Haryana creates a sort of records by settling 148 cases on the same day. Something which would motivate other judges.

Chilka Lake of Orissa is the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia. The National Geographic has selected Chilka Lake to be filmed for its outstanding restoration work being carried out by the Chilka Development Authority(CDA). Among the 5 sites worldwide, Chilka lake is the only site selected from Asia.

In the wake of ongoing allegations between the TRAI and Department of Teleccomunnicatons for their failure to curb the irritating commercial calls and messages, Bharti Airtel has become the first operator to announce its exit from the bulk SMS business completely. The Bulk SMS business is worth ` 250 crore every year in India.

Typhoon Kompasu hits South Korea claiming 3 lives and injuring some other poeple. It was the strongest typhoon to hit the Seoul area in last 15 years.

Indonesia has threatened to close BlackBerry service in the country if it refuses to block pornographic content, which violates its 2008 anti-pornography law