1) Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account hacked.
- Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan is the latest celebrity to fall victim to the depredations of Twitter hackers after he discovered to his shock that his account on the micro-blogging site had been broken into.
- The 72-year-old superstar, who regularly takes to Twitter to stay connected with his fans whom he fondly calls his `extended family`, has a staggering 16 million followers on Twitter including celebrities like Dilip Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan.
- Earlier, director Karan Johar and Kamal R. Khan`s Twitter accounts were hacked in 2012. While Mr. Johar said his account was sending random messages to people, Mr. Khan`s Twitter feed spewed a rash of lewd messages.
2) R. Sampanthan became first tamilian to lead opposition in Sri Lankan parliament in 32 years.
- Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan became the first tamilian to lead the opposition of in the Sri Lankan parliament after a gap of 32 years.
- An announcement was made in this regard by the speaker Karu Jayasuriya in the house.
- Apart from R. Sampanthan, A Amirthalingam of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) was the only other tamilian to hold the position. He was the leader of the opposition between 1977 and 1983.
- Sampanthan was first elected to Parliament from Trincomalee in 1977 on the ticket of the Federal Party. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for more than 22 years.
4) Indian joins the race to lead Twitter.
- Vijayawada native Yellepeddi Padmasree, now Padmasree Warrior, is in the race for the post of Twitter CEO, according to a report by Bloomberg Business.
- The news agency said Twitter’s search firm Spencer Stuart has reached out to three or four senior business executives, including Ms. Warrior, to lead the company.
- Twitter is entering the fourth month of its CEO search after Dick Costolo resigned from the post earlier this year. While co-founder Jack Dorsey is acting as interim CEO, the company is scouting for a permanent leader.
- CBS Interactive Inc.’s Jim Lanzone is the other outsider in the race along with Ms Warrior.
6) Sri Sri University conferred Ramoji group chairman Ramoji Rao with Doctorate degree.
- The ceremony took place as a part of second convocation of the university in Cuttack, Odisha.
- Chief minister Naveen Patnaik was the chief guest for the programme and state minister for education Pradeep Panigrahi was the guest of honour.
- Several other celebrities including founder of the Art of Living Foundation, Ravi Shankar Guruji, were present during the ceremony.
About Cherukuri Ramoji Rao:
- Cherukuri Ramoji Rao, better known as Ramoji Rao is an Indian businessman, film producer, and media entrepreneur.
- He is head of the Ramoji Group which owns, among other things, the world`s largest film production facility, Ramoji Film City and film production company Ushakiran Movies, established in 1983.
Veteran Indian-origin civil servant JY Pillay has been appointed Chancellor of the Singapore Management University (SMU).
- Pillay, 81, takes over charge from Yong Pung How, the former Chief Justice of Singapore.
- The appointment is for five years and came into effect from September 1.
- Pillay is one of Singapore`s pioneers who helped build the economy after the separation from Malaysia.
- He served in the administrative service of the government and was permanent secretary of the ministries of finance, defence and national development.