BCCI suggests three-man committee to SC to probe IPL scandal

1.    BCCI suggests three-man committee to SC to probe IPL scandal

i. Faced with a credibility crisis arising out of the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal, the BCCI on Sunday suggested to the Supreme Court a three-member committee made up of eminent persons to probe the corruption case on the directives of the apex court.

ii. The all-powerful Working Committee of the Board in its emergent meeting in Mumbai decided to suggest names of former India all-rounder Ravi Shastri, former Calcutta High Court Chief Justice J N Patel and ex-CBI Director R K Raghavan as members of the probe committee. 

iii. The SC has directed the BCCI in the last hearing of the case on April 16 to suggest names of persons who will conduct a "fair probe" into the IPL VI spot-fixing and betting scandal. 

iv. On April 16, the Supreme Court had said that the BCCI should conduct a probe against N Srinivasan and 12 others in the betting and spot fixing scandal to maintain its institutional autonomy as the court cannot "close its eyes" to the allegations made by the Justice Mukul Mudgal committee. 

2.    Book entitled Hard Choices to be released in June 2014

i. Publisher Simon & Shuster announced that they will release a book named Hard Choices authored by Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former first lady and New York senator on 10 June 2014.

ii. The upcoming book talks about her role as President Barack Obama’s secretary of state for four year. 

iii. Clinton’s book will offer inside account of choices, crisis and challenges faced by her as a secretary of the state and how the experiences gained during her tenure drive her view of the future. 

3.  Stanislas Wawrinka beat Roger Federer to bag Monte Carlo Masters Tennis title

i. Stanislas Wawrinka has defeated former world number one Roger Federer to bag the Monte Carlo Masters Tennis title.

ii. In the all Swiss finals last evening, third seed Wawrinka beat Federer, 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 to win his maiden Monte Carlo title.

iii. America's top seeded Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, won the Doubles trophy, beating the third seeded Croatian-Brazilian team of Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo, 6-3, 3-6, 10-8.