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Granted
OBC status to Jats, Sainis and Choharakas in Himachal Pradesh.
Ordered
The Japan government, to pay Yen 79.2 million to seven asthmatics, by a Tokyo district court, after it lost in a pollution case.
Instituted
A fellowship in the memory of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter killed by Islamists in Pakistan last year. Preference will be given to Pakistanis. Intent: press freedom and East-West entente.
SubmittedThe once-banned Bangladeshi film Matir Moina (The Clay Bird) for Oscar nomination, the first Bengali language film to be thus entered.