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Adieu: Michael Crichton and B. R. ChopraMichael Crichton,whose works of

futuristic fictionmade him one of theworld's most

successful novelists,died in Los Angelesat age 66, afterprivately battling

cancer. The million-selling author madescientific researchterrifying and

irresistible in suchthrillers as "Jurassic Park," "Timeline" and "The Andromeda Strain." In the 1990she had America's number one movie (Jurassic Park), its number one bestseller(Disclosure) and its top TV series (ER). Mr. Crichton was born in Chicago in 1942;

he was the eldest of four children, the son of a journalist. Crichton's first

bestseller, The Andromeda Strain, was published in 1969 while he was a medicalstudent at Harvard. Mr. Crichton would fondly be missed by millions of his fans.

The legendary film-maker whose work struck a balance between commercialismand social relevance Baldev Raj Chopra died in Mumbai on 5 November 2008.Mr. Chopra was born in Ludhiana in pre-partition India to a middle-class Hindufamily. He had six brothers and sisters and his father was a government officer.After studying for a Master's Degree in English Literature at Lahore University, he

planned for a career in the Indiancivil service. However he failed theentry exams, and instead he turned

to journalism. Mr. Chopra in hiscareer spanning to over fivedecades, achieved what most otherfilm-makers only dream of. He was

a giant during the golden age ofHindi cinema. He's the man whogave us Naya Daur in the 1950s

that dealt with the conflict betweenman and machine as well as thekitschy and Mahabharat in the1980s that brought the epic alive on the small screen.

Read More At:http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/nov/06/michaelcrichtonandhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/movies/10chopra.html

Indias Nabled ShauryaIndia's nuclear armory got more muscle as it divulged a new nuclear missile,Shaurya a medium-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, to be used by itsArmy. This is a one-of-a-kind nuclear enabled missile that will strengthen India's

second-strike capability. This 600-km missile meant to be fired from undergroundsilos will give India more options for retaliation. The missile can successfullyreach deep inside China and Pakistan. The two-stage, solid fuelled Shauryamissile successfully hit a target in the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday, November

12. Scientists from The Defence Research and Development Organization [DRDO]claim that the Shaurya missile has a technological edge over many of India's


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existing nuclear missiles. "With longer shelf-life, as it is stored ina canister just like the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, theShaurya is easily transportable and user-friendly.

This is a technology development project,"DRDO sources told PTI in NewDelhi. The sophisticated tactical

missile is capable of carryingconventional warheads with apayload of about one tonne.

Though there was speculation that themissile was a land version of the under

development K-15 submarine launched ballisticmissile, DRDO sources said the surface-to-surface

missile had nothing to do with K-15 'Sagarika' project.

Read More At:http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/India-successfully-test-fires-

Shaurya-missile/384746/

Worlds Youngest Monarch Coroneted in Bhutan.King Jigme Khesar NamgyelWangchuck, 28, an Oxford-educatedbachelor, becomes the world's

youngest monarch. He took over afterhis father abdicated in 2006 as part ofmoves towards a constitutionalmonarchy. But officials say his formalcoronation was postponed until

elections to parliament werecompleted, and was slated forNovember 06. what in Bhutan isobserved as the month of the earth

male rat. Three enlightenedastrologers had jointly proposed 6November as the most auspicious datefor the coronation. In 2008 the country

formally became a constitutionalmonarchy and the king relinquished hisabsolute powers. Bhutan held its first

democratic elections for a newparliament and prime minister inMarch. The ceremony comprisingancient and colourful rituals was

attended by thousands of foreign dignitaries, including India's President, PratibhaPatil, governing Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi and Bollywood stars andtook place in a white-walled royal palace in the capital, Thimphu.

Read More At:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/bhutan/3391505/Bhutan-crowns-

worlds-youngest-monarch.html

One Historic Win. One Great Century. Two Sad Goes.India defeated Australia in the fourth Cricket Test at Nagpur to register a historicwin in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by 2-0. It was also India's first Test series winover Australia in seven years as they clinched the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India


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had won the secondTest in Mohali by 320runs taking a one

zero lead. The firstTest and the thirdhad ended in a draw.

In the second inningat Nagpur TestAustralia needed 382runs for victory butlost by 172 runs in

the match markingthe first time it hadlost a test series by

more than one matchsince they were

trounced by WestIndies in 1988-89.

Jason Krejza was awarded the man of the match for his 12 wickets in aformidable debut performance. Indian fast bowler Ishant Sharma was named manof the series. Also, Sachin Tendulkar struck a determined century, the 40th of his

Test match career. The match was also the last for Sourav Ganguly who hadinitially declared his retirement at the end of the series. Indian captain MahendraSingh Dhoni, had taken over from Anil Kumble who retired after the third testmatch of the series at the Ferozshah Kotla Stadium. The trophy is named after

the two great test players Allan Border and Sunil Gavaskar from Australia andIndia respectively.

Read More At:http://cricket.ndtv.com/cricket/ndtvcricket/AusInd08/news_story.aspx?ID=SPOEN20080071966&key

word=newsandhttp://cricket.ndtv.com/cricket/ndtvcricket/ausind08/news_story.aspx?ID=SPOEN20080071495&keyw

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