Today's Important News: 01 October 2013

The Hindu

National:

1. Fodder scam: Lalu, Mishra among 45 convicted
2. 65 million people live in slums in India, says census data

International:

1. Washington on the brink of shutdown
2. ‘Boat people’ top Abbott’s agenda in Indonesia

India & The World:

Business News:

1. Current account deficit widens to $21.8 b in Q1
2. Lending rate hinges on deposits and not on repo rate: Chaudhuri

S&T, Environment, Defence:

1. NASA to send 3D printer to space

Sports:

1. T&T stays on course to make last four

Others:

1. Puncturing myths about India
2. How CIA & the Pentagon traded places
3. The secular nationalism of Urdu
4. Govt has double standard on UGC membership

Editorials & Articles:

1. The ghost returns

2. An unjustified resentment

3. Lessons from the Nairobi attack
4. Beyond the Brazil-U.S spat
5. The surrender to religious cleansing

Courtesy: The Hindu