Brazil's president Elect

A former leftist militant who never before had run for elected office, Dilma Rousseff has become the first woman to be elected Brazil's president.

Dilma Rousseff will travel with the president Lula to the G20 summit in South Korea on November 10-12, where the leaders of the world's top economies will discuss global currency tensions.

Rousseff pledged in her victory speech to extend a "new era of prosperity" that has lifted 20 million Brazilians into the middle class and thrust the country into the BRIC club of emerging economic powers alongside Russia, India and China. She took 56 percent of the vote. Her rival, Jose Serra of the centrist PSDB party, had 44 percent. Rousseff will continue to push Lula's flagship initiatives, including reforms to give the state a greater role in developing vast new oil wealth and ambitious infrastructure plans as Brazil prepares to host the 2014 World Cup and the Olympics two years later. — Reuters

Manipur’s ‘Iron Lady’ completes 10 yrs of fasting Bijay Sankar Bora
Tribune News Service

Irom Sharmila - “Iron Lady” of Manipur has completed 10 years of fast-unto-death on Tuesday, demanding withdrawal of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958, from Manipur to save innocent people from harassment in the conflict between the security forces and militants.
Sharmila began her tirade against AFSPA 10 years ago after 10 civilians were killed in an alleged encounter by the Assam Rifles personnel near Imphal airport. A room in Imphal’s Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital where she is being fed through the nose has been converted into a jail for Sharmila, now in judicial custody.

ONGC NOW ASIA'S TOP OIL FIRM

ONGC has pipped China National Offshore Oil Corporation ( CNOOC) to become asia;s top oil and gas exploration and production company. Tribune News Service

Amritsar's Nikki now South Carolina Guv

After Bobby Jindal was elected to lead Lousiana , Nikki Haley becomes the second person of Indian origin to be Governor of an American state. AP/ PTI

operation green hunt

Paramilitary forces operation against Naxalites is known as operation green hunt. Dantewara attack on CRPF was a major incident from which lot of lessons have been learnt. The operation will be resumed with full vigour and pitfalls in previous action will be rectified.