Friday 29 August 2014

Petra Kvitova wins Wimbledon women’s final
Petra Kvitova beats Eugenie Bouchard in under an hour to win Wimbledon
2014 women’s title
Kvitova beats Bouchard in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0 . Match took just 54
minutes on Centre Court on Saturday Bouchard was broken six times in a
row, denying her a first Grand Slam title Kvitova last won Wimbledon in
2011.
Novak Djokovic of  Serbia won the Men’s Wimbledon Tennis Open defeating
Roger Federer of Switzerland. He defeated Federer 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-6(4), 5-7,
6-4. This is the second Wimbledon title for 27-year-old, Djokovic and seventh
career Grand Slam. Djokovic won his first Wimbledon title in 2011.

Railway Budget 2014-15: Highlights Union Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda presented his maiden Railway Budget in Parliament on Tuesday. Here are the highlights of this Budget. * No new increase in passenger fares and freight charges * Bullet train in Mumbai-Ahmedabad sector * Diamond quadrilateral for high speed trains * Plan to hike speed of trains to 160-200 km/hr in 9 sectors * Online booking to support 7,200 tickets per minute; to allow 1.2 lakh users log in simultaneously * Reservation system to be revamped, ticket-booking through mobile phones, post offices to be popularised * Online platform for unreserved tickets * Combo parking-platform tickets at stations * Women RPF Constables to escort ladies coaches; 4,000 women constables to be inducted * Highest ever plan outlay of Rs. 65,455 crore for 2014-15 Expenditure in 2014-15 pegged at Rs. 149,176 crore. * Women RPF Constables to escort ladies coaches; 4,000 women constables to be inducted * Retiring room facility to be extended to all stations * Battery operated cars for differently-abled and senior citizens at major stations * Feedback services through IVRS on quality of food * Food can be ordered through SMS, phone; Food courts at major stations * Cleanliness budget up by 40 per cent over last year * CCTVs to be used at stations for monitoring cleanliness * Setting up of corpus fund for stationsâAZ upkeep; RO drinking water in some stations and trains * Automatic door closing in mainline and sub-urban coaches * 58 new trains and extension of 11; 864 additional EMUs to be introduced in Mumbai over 2 years.