Current Affairs Of 27th October

7.5 quake in Hindu Kush kills 200 in Pak & Af, 4 in India

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake, centered in the Hindu Kush mountains, hit northern Afghanistan and Pakistan killing around 200 people on Monday , with authorities fearing the death toll could rise as the true extent of damage could take several more hours to establish.

Pakistan was the worst hit with 143 fatalities. The temblor struck exactly 10 years after a quake had flattened northern parts of the country and killed 73,000 in 2005.

Maggi sales to resume by November

Swiss food giant Nestle has begun production of Maggi from three of its plants in India and the popular noodle can be expected to be back on shop shelves in a few weeks.The final date, however, has not been fixed yet, the company said on Monday .

India's daughter is home at last

A shy smile that refused to fade marked deaf and mute Geeta's `Bajrangi Bhaijan' moment as she stepped on Indian soil after over a decade in Pakistan during which hope often threatened to give way to despair.

The frail 23-year-old arrived in Delhi, accompanied by five members of the Edhi family whose charitable foundation had cared for Geeta all these years soon after she strayed into Pakistan.

CHHOTA RAJAN BADA CATCH

Twenty-five years after he fled India, fugitive underworld don Chhota Rajan alias Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje, a one-time trusted aide of Dawood Ibrahimturned-bitter foe, who is wanted for heinous crimes ranging from murder and extortion to smuggling, drug trafficking and threatening Bollywood personalities, was arrested by a joint Australian and Bali police team in Bali on Sunday .

His dramatic apprehension, after evading the law for decades and surviving at least one assassination bid by the D-gang, was based on an Interpol Red-Corner Notice and an affirmation of the don's identity by the CBI. Rajan had been hiding in Australia for the last seven years under the identity of Mohan Kumar, sources said.

TIME TO REFLECT AND PLAN

A review of a team's performance, after it has just suffered the second-worst defeat in its history, can tend to be harsh. But the fact is, India's maiden ODI series defeat to South Africa at home has provided the Men in Blue with some honest answers. It is now up to the decision-makers of Indian cricket to respond to them. Oscillating between bril iance and mediocrity , India surrendered to the better team in a rather tame manner in the end.