Economy has shown 2009 as a year best forgotten and, not for the first time. There will, no doubt, be some who thrived over the past 12 months – but the list of those glad to see the back of 2009 is perhaps rather longer.
Yeah, yeah we promise we’ll keep this brief.
Which were the stories that most transfixed the media in 2009? We present our arbitrary selection of the newsmakers of the year.
Just before his biggest extravaganza, This Is It,” with six separate doses of prescription drugs, the King of Pop moonwalked offstage for the final time on 25 June. No dount, even his dealth want far away from being the biggest stories of the year.
By the time the 81st Academy Awards rolled around on February 22, A R Rahman had gone from becoming the Mozart of India to the a true music Meastro when he walked away with the Best Original Soundtrack and Best Original Score Oscars.
The biggest ever corporate fraud in India, involving Rs 7,000 crore, IT giant Satyam was hurtling towards disaster following the disclosure of accounts fudging by its founder Ramalinga Raju. Raju, now, is a facing criminal charge for fraud, forgery, cheating, embezzlement and insider trading, being housed in Hyderabad’s Chanchalguda jail
Though Mamata didn’t show any “mamata” but our own Gujrat CM Narendra Modi made the path for one of the most awaited cars. Nano, whose basic model costs 100,000 rupees and tagged as it is the world’s cheapest car. Though, officially, it launched on March 23, 2009 but was first delivered in July this year.
Outsourced by United States and Mexico in March, H1N1 virus travelled to India and put fear to common men’s life. As of 14 August 2009, 1193 cases of swine flu has been confirmed and 719 people have been discharged with 20 deaths. Literally, it was the most frightening newsmaker of 2009.
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