Birth on flight, baby named ‘Jet Star’

Canberra: A woman who gave birth on a Jetstar flight has named her son after the airline. Saw Ler Htu gave birth during the flight from Singapore to Myanmar, with the help of the crew and three doctors on board, and as a way of thanks, named her child Saw Jet Star. Jetstar, a subsidiary of Australia's national airline Qantas, allows pregnant women to fly up until the end of their 40th week of pregnancy for flights shorter than four hours, but passengers were surprised when a woman went into labour midway through the flight. IANS

Radha Kumar on UN University Council

United Nations: Radha Kumar, 63, is among 12 people appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the global body's University Council to formulate its principles and policies, consider and approve biennial budget and work programme. The appointees, who will take office next month, will serve for terms of either three or six years. Kumar, Director General of the think tank Delhi Policy Group, was part of the three-member Group of Interlocutors appointed by the Government of India for J&K. PTI