Dr. Who's Matt Smith hosted this Microsoft's Imagine Cup 2013 student technology competition in St. Petersburg, Russia. This year, three main prizes were awarded by Microsoft. Those prizes were awarded to the winners in the World Citizenship, Games and Innovation categories. These prizes of $50,000 each were won by teams from the U. K., Portugal and Austria.

In a report from Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), it has been said that a meteor shaved through the Earth and rippled around the atmosphere. Good amount of energy was exuded in the form of a powerful shock and shocked the world.

Latest UN climate talks ended on Friday in the German city of Bonn. There were some setbacks for the climate change talks as Russia, Ukraine and Belarus requested to review the decision making procedure in the two decade long UN Process.

According to a Monday report in the People's Daily, China made its first large-scale weapons technology purchases from Russia in the last ten years, when it recently signed an agreement to buy 24 fighter jets and four submarines from Russia.