23 APRIL 2014

Ø  Nearly 32,000 runners sent a powerful message of resilience at the first Boston Marathon since last year’s deadly bombing, and crowds who came out in droves saw something that hadn’t happened in more than 30 years — an American won the men’s race. Eritrean-born Meb Keflezighi won the race. Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo won the women’s race in a course-record 2 hours, 18 minutes, 57 seconds, defending a championship from last year.

Ø  Bollywood actress Rani Mukerji and filmmaker Aditya Chopra have tied the knot in a quiet ceremony in Italy, ending years of speculation about their relationship.

Ø  The CBI has summoned the former Coal Secretary, P.C. Parakh, for examination on April 25 for his alleged role in the allocation of Talabira-II coal block in Odisha to Hindalco Industries. Mr. Parakh recently released his book criticising the agency for having registered a case against him. The CBI probe is to ascertain how the screening committee decision to allocate the coal block to public sector unit Neyveli Lignite Limited was overturned in favour of Hindalco.

Ø  Pakistan on Tuesday conducted a successful training launch of the short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Hatf III (Ghaznavi), which can carry nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 290 km.