HEADLINES

• Centre will suspend FDI decision says Mamata; no confirmation from Govt
• Court Martial holds Lt.Gen Avadesh Prakash guilty in the Sukhna land scam, which relates to the transfer of 71 acres of land near the Sukhna base in WB to a private trust
• December 3 was the anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy (27^th)
• PM holds meet in Manipur and says no supra-state for Nagas
• Official language status for sign language demanded by the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People and the National Association of the Deaf

NATIONAL NEWS

• Porfirio wins Golden Peacock award at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI)
  • Colombian film Porfirio, directed by Alejandro Landes and produced by Francisco Aljure, won the coveted Golden Peacock award at the 42nd IFFI;
  • The film is a true story of an air pirate's struggle for dignity as he is confined to a wheelchair after the police shoot him in the back and show little willingness to compensate him;
  • The Silver Peacock Award for the best director went to Asghar Farhadi for the film from Iran – Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader and Simin: A Separation);
  • Mayalayam film Adaminte Makan Abu (Abu, Son of Adam), a film directed by Salim Ahmed on the universal values of religion, nature and humanity won the Special Jury award;
  • Russian actor Nadezda Markina who starred in Elena by Andrei Zvyadintsev bagged the best female actress and Israeli actor Sasson Gabay, of Israeli film Restoration directed by Joseph Madmony bagged the best male actor award.

EDITORIALS, OPINIONS & COLUMNS

• Here is an editorial on the reforms taking place in Myanmar
• Here is an article on the proposed linking of driving licenses and organ donations in Delhi