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Johannesburg, Oct 14 : 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer triumphed in the Shanghai Masters on Sunday and grabbed the second place in the ATP world rankings for the first time since May, 2013.

The Swiss tennis ace is more than 3,000 points behind top-ranked Novak Djokovic, but he did have the satisfaction of recording a straight sets win over the world number one Serb in the Shanghai semifinals, Sport24 reported.

Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal moved down to third in the rankings with Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka staying at fourth despite an early exit in China to Gilles Simon.

The top 10 ATP world rankings are:

1. Novak Djokovic

Johannesburg, Oct 14 : Northern Irish golf ace Rory McIlroy continues to enjoy the golden days of his career after dominating the world rankings since July this year on the back of two major titles among his four wins worldwide this year.

McIlroy overtook Australian Adam Scott, who remained on top of the world rankings for a short while, thanks to three back-to-back golf championship wins, Sport24 reported.

Meanwhile, former world number one Tiger Woods, who has suffered a year marred with injuries and fitness issues, slid to the 17th place in the world rankings.

Washington, Oct 14 : Gisele Bundchen's new surf-themed Chanel No.

Washington, Oct 14 - Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, which created a buzz with its low budget smartphones MI3 and RedMi 1s, has appointed ex-Google executive Jai Mani to manage its products in India.

The hire was announced by Xiaomi's global vice president, Hugo Barra-another former Google executive-on his Facebook and Google Plus accounts on Sunday. Mani has already relocated from San Francisco to Bangalore, India, Barra said.

The Beijing based company is planning to expand in Asia, and Barra said that this is the beginning of their Research and Development center development in India.

Los Angeles - R&B singer Chris Brown has revealed that Ebola, which has killed more than 4000 people in West Africa, is a kind of population control.

The 25-year-old singer took to Twitter to make the controversial statement about the disease. "I don't know... But I think this Ebola epidemic is a form of population control. It is getting crazy bruh," he wrote.

Brown received backlash after sending out the tweets. "He has obviously ignored Twitter's key rule: Think before you tweet. This is a global emergency about three countries struggling with a deadly disease, countries whose health systems are under immense strain," Jane Moyo, a spokesperson for British charity Action Aid, said.

Shimla, Oct. 14 - Apple growers in Himachal Pradesh have all the reasons to celebrate as apple business in the state has gone up by Rs 1,000 crore this year, despite low production.

The local markets in Narkanda, Shimla, Dhali, Solan and Parwanoo in the state are particularly doing well, as the revenue generated has shot up to Rs 4,500 crore from Rs 3,500 crore last year.

Despite low apple production this year, the apple growers have no reason to complain due to the flourishing business. On an average, one box of apples costs about Rs 1,000 but this year the price has been varying from Rs 1,000 to 2,200 per box.