Hero MotoCorp founder Brijmohan Lal Munjal died
Hero MotoCorp founder and doyer of the Indian two wheeler industry, Brijmohan Lal Munjal (92) died on 1 November, 2015 in New Delhi. He became the Chairman-emeritus of the group earlier this year and remained on the board of the company as non-executive member. Hero MotoCorp is the world’s largest two wheeler company. He was conferred with the ‘Padma Bhushan’ in 2005.
India seventh most valued ‘Nation Brand’ in the world
India has moved up one position to become the world’s seventh most valued ‘Nation Brand’ with an increase of 32% in it’s brand value to 2.1 billion dollars. The US remains on top with a valuation of 19.7 billion dollars followed by China and Germany as per the annual report on the world’s most valuable nation brands compiled by Brand Finance.
Sania-Hingis pair won the WTA Singapore Open Tennis Women’s Doubles Title
Swiss veteran Martina Hingis and India’s Sania Mirza on 1 November, 2015 won their ninth title of this season at the WTA doubles finals held in Singapore. The defeated Spain’s eigth seeds Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro with 6-0, 6-3. This is the ninth title for Sania-Hingis pair in this season.
World’s fastest cruise missile ‘BrahMos’ successfully test fired from INS Kochi
The supersonic cruise missile BrahMos with a strike range of over 290 Km, was on 1 November test fired successfully from the Navy’s newest stealth destroyer, INS Kochi and hit it’s target ‘Allepy’, a decommissioned ship in the Arabian Sea. After two trials from INS Kolkata, test firing from INS KOchi has validated the newly commissioned ship’s system.
