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 Rahul Dravid is brand ambassador for National Tobacco Control Campaign

October 2nd, 2013

 

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare named former Indian cricket team captain Rahul Dravid as the brand ambassador for its National Tobacco Control Campaign. The national anti-tobacco control campaign pursues the goal of World Health Assembly which 30% relative reduction in tobacco use by 2025.

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Miss Philippines Megan Young is Miss World 2013

October 2nd, 2013

Miss Philippines Megan Young was crowned Miss World 2013 at a pageant held at Indonesia’s resort island of Bali amid tight security due to threats of attack from Muslim conservatives. The pageant witnessed participation of 127 contestants from various countries.
Miss France Marine Lorphelin and Miss Ghana, Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter were positioned second and third respectively. Miss India World Navneet Kaur Dhillon failed to make it to the Top 10 but won the title of Miss Multimedia.

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N Srinivasan re-elected BCCI president

October 2nd, 2013

 

Narayanaswamy Srinivasan has been re-elected as the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for a third term.

However he will not take charge immediately because of a Supreme Court directive who had restrained Srinivasan from taking charge if elected in response to a petition by the Secretary of the Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB), who sought to restrain Srinivasan from getting re-elected.
CAB, which is not recognised by the BCCI, had asked the court not to allow Srinivasan to contest for the president’s post on the ground that his son-in-law, Gurunath Meiyappan, who was the team principal of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings, was charge-sheeted for betting in the 6^th edition of the IPL Twenty20 tournament.