September 18, 2013 (Current Affairs)

Indian-American defence contractor Vishnu Pandit lived the American Dream

Vishnu Pandit, a marine engineer and a naval architect, migrated to the U.S. from Mumbai in the 1970 ansd became American defence contrator was shot dead  during  the mass shooting at Washington  Navy Yard.

Tony Abbot sworn in Australian Prime Minister 

Tony Abbot has been sworn in as Australian Prime Minister. His Liberal National Coalition defeated Labour Government. Mr Abbott, 55, took the oath at Government House in Canberra in front of Governor-General Quentin Bryce.

Google marks French Physicist Leon Foucalt's 194th birthday 

In 1851, he created a lot of sensation by creating the Foucault pendulum, which was first exhibited in the Meridian of the Paris Observatory. Google marked the 194th birth anniversary of French physicist Jean Bernard Léon Foucault with an interactive doodle.The doodle is based on Foucault pendulum which is  a device that the physicist created in 1851 to confirm that the Earth rotates.