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This Week

This Week

1. A new robot, Borewell Robot, developed to rescue kids who fall into borewells

2. Admiral RK Dhowan appointed as the new Navy Chief.

3. Union Cabinet approved the appointment of Narendra Kothari as Chairman of NMDC(National Mineral Development Corporation)

4. Cherrapunji regained the World record for highest rainfall in 48 hours

5. 61st National Film Awards: Ship of Theseus won Best Feature Film

6. SBI launched Tab banking to facilitate opening of Saving Accounts

7. CBI established Sport Integrity Unit to investigate sports fraud cases

Indian tennis star Leander Paes was conferred the Padma Bhushan today

Indian tennis star Leander Paes was on Saturday conferred the Padma Bhushan, country's third highest civilian honour, by President Pranab Mukherjee at a private ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. The 40-year old, who aspires to

Delhi-NCR ranks 21st in shopping centre development

Delhi-NCR ranks 21st in the global list of cities with the maximum shopping centre space under construction in 2014, according to property consultant CBRE. India continues to see a wave of new shopping mall development despite some developers pushing back completion dates due to financing issues, CBRE said in a statement.

"New Delhi is ranked 21, Hyderabad 23, and Bangalore 31, among global cities with the maximum shopping centre space under construction in 2014," the consultant said quoting from CBRE Research's latest report 'Global Viewpoint'.

It said 39 million sq m etre of shopping space is under construction across world's major cities and out of that India accounts for nearly 1.5 million sq metre. Around 5,00,000 sq metre of new retail space is under construction in New Delhi. The largest two projects, DLF Mall of India at Noida (204,385 sq metre) and Logix City Centre Mall (1,11,483 sq metre) are both located in Noida.

Users can charge their phones by using wind energy soon.

A device to come that lets users charge their phones using wind energy. Trinity is a handy wind turbine which lets users charge their phones using wind energy.

The handy turbine uses a 15W generator that powers an in-built battery, which can also be charged via micro USB, according to Tech Crunch.

Trinity reportedly looks like a tripod, has a 12 inch body with 11-inch legs.

Bengaluru FC beat Dempo to win I-League title.

Bengaluru FC etched their names in the annals of Indian football history, beating Dempo 2-4 at the Nehru Stadium here Monday to be crowned the kings of the I-League in their debut season.

Bengaluru FC becomes champion of I-League 2014 on its debut having defeated Dempo Sports Club by 4-2
It is the country's topmost football competition for clubs.