The week gone by

• Indian students held a rally in Melbourne to protest the racial attacks against Indians, demanding that the Australian government do more to protect them.
• Looks like the week belonged to WOMAN.Ms Meira Kumar, daughter of the late dalit leader Babu Jagjivan Ram is tipped to be the first Woman Speaker of Lok sabha.Also in state Sabitha Indra Reddy was given the Home Ministry, making her the first Woman HM in the country.Agatha Sangma, 28, is the youngest minister in the 79-member Union council of ministers of the Manmohan Singh government.Kansas girl, Kavya Shiva shankar,13, of Indian origin won the US National Spelling Bee championship for 2009
• India’s GDP grew by an impressive 6.7 per cent in 2008-09, at a time when other major econo-mies are in recession.Also per capita income has crossed Rs 3,000 per month for the first time ever.How-ever, agriculture grew just 1.6 per cent, against 4.9 per cent in 2007-08 and manufacturing grew just 2.4 per cent, against 8.2 per cent in 2007-08.But we should remeber that 2007-08 was an year of booming economy where 9% GDP growth was registered.
• The four-times champion Rafael Nadal was defeated by Sweden’s Robin Soderling.The Spanish player has not lost a match at Roland Garros since his debut on the claycourt grand slam in 2005, breaking his impressive record of 31-0.