1. Renowned Mathematician and Nobel Laureate John Nash,86, passed away in an accident along with his wife. He was known for his works in game theory, partial differential equation. His biography has been made into a film, 'A Beautiful Mind' which won the Academy award for the best picture.
2. China has set up a gold sector fund involving 65 countries as a part of ancient Silk Road. The fund expected to raise $16 billion is to be have lead share holders as Shangdon Gold Group and Shaanxi Gold Group with 35% and 25% respectively.
3. Job seekers in Public sector banks may go under two psychometric test to ascertain their suitability for heading the lender under bad loans.
4. Facebook's initiative Internet.org has managed to garner 8 lakh customers in 4 months of its launch.
5. French film 'Dheepan' has awarded the Palme'd Or award at the Cannes festival. It was directed by Jacques Audiard. It is a story of Tamil refugees who pretend to be a family to flee from Sri Lanka to France.
6. Mumbai Indians have won the 8th editon of IPL by beating Chennai Super Kings.
The following highlights of IPL 8:
7. Mercedes racing driver Nico Roseberg of Germany won the Monaco Grand Prix. It is his third win in Monaco and second win in 2015 season.
2. China has set up a gold sector fund involving 65 countries as a part of ancient Silk Road. The fund expected to raise $16 billion is to be have lead share holders as Shangdon Gold Group and Shaanxi Gold Group with 35% and 25% respectively.
3. Job seekers in Public sector banks may go under two psychometric test to ascertain their suitability for heading the lender under bad loans.
4. Facebook's initiative Internet.org has managed to garner 8 lakh customers in 4 months of its launch.
5. French film 'Dheepan' has awarded the Palme'd Or award at the Cannes festival. It was directed by Jacques Audiard. It is a story of Tamil refugees who pretend to be a family to flee from Sri Lanka to France.
6. Mumbai Indians have won the 8th editon of IPL by beating Chennai Super Kings.
The following highlights of IPL 8:
- Player of Tournament: Andre Russell
- Orange Cap: David Warner
- Purple Cap: Dwayne Bravo
- Emerging Player: Shreyas Iyer
- Valuable Player: Andre Russell
lme d’Or Award at 68th Cannes Film Festiva
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