NEWS OF THE WEEK

GENERAL INSURANCE NATIONALISED

MAY 14: The Government today took over the management of general insurance companies through a Presidential Ordinance, and was described as "the first and preparatory step towards nationalisation of general insurance."

US MISSION TO MARS FAILS

MAY 10: America's Mariner space probe to Mars ran out of control and plunged into the Atlantic Ocean just after blast-off last night-raising grave doubts about the future of the expensive mission to spy on the red planet.