Departed
Passages
Golmaal, Mirch Masala
Mohan Joshi Haazir Ho
Mehli Mehta
Umashanker Phadnis, 77,veteran journalist, socialist and freedom fighter. He covered foreign affairs for The Hindustan Times through two decades till 1982.
Appointed
G.B. Patnaik, as the Chief Justice of India. He takes over on November 8 from B.N. Kirpal, and retires, after a brief tenure, on December 19.
Banned
People under 18 from Cyber cafes and electronics games rooms, in China. Errant cafeswill face fines and/or closure.
Conferred
On Sherlock Holmes, an honorary fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry, for his contribution to forensic science. He’s the first fictional character to be thus honoured.
Inducted
Bill Clinton, the first non-Black into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame.
Named
Singhal 12599, a minor planet in the solar system, after Jaipur-based computer whizkid Akshat Singhal.
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